What You Can Learn from the Stolen Passwords Fiasco

By now you’ve probably heard the news: a group of Russian criminals successfully stole an estimated 1.2 billion online passwords, making it quite possibly the biggest data breach in Internet security ever. This news, first reported by The New York Times on August 5, 2014, may have you wondering, “Is my information as secure as I think it is?” as well as “How could this have happened?” While the news of the stolen passwords...

By now you’ve probably heard the news: a group of Russian criminals successfully stole an estimated 1.2 billion online passwords, making it quite possibly...

Ron Arden, Vice President and CMO of Fasoo USA, presented on August 21, 2014 at a forum in Indianapolis, IN on “Key Trends Changing How Organizations Share, Secure and Utilize Confidential Content and Data”. Sponsored by Fasoo, partner Neocol, IBM and Notable Solutions, the session provided business and technical leaders with an understanding of the challenges organizations face when trying to securely share content in our highly mobile and social media driven environment. Mobile...

Ron Arden, Vice President and CMO of Fasoo USA, presented on August 21, 2014 at a forum in Indianapolis, IN on “Key Trends Changing...

How about this statistic for starter? A recent article states that “a third of ex-employees have access to company data and 9 percent have used their access privileges”. With this shocking statistic for some, it is raising fears of the insider threat being a lot larger than what they perceived it to be. The question here is how is this even possible in a time where data breaches are almost happening on a weekly...

How about this statistic for starter? A recent article states that “a third of ex-employees have access to company data and 9 percent have...

If an organization in the United States, Canada, Europe and many other countries has a data breach, they are subject to federal, state and possibly industry fines. These can be very stiff in certain industries, especially healthcare. In the US, 47 of the 50 states have data breach notification laws that require any organization that experiences a data breach incident to report it to the proper authorities. In some states, like California, this could...

If an organization in the United States, Canada, Europe and many other countries has a data breach, they are subject to federal, state and...

Are you surprised that another insider theft of patient data happened again? It is not a secret that insider threats have been a major issue in businesses and organizations since they have been making headlines. However, we would have thought that action has been taken to prevent this from happening. Recently a Virginia’s Riverside Health System admitted that a former cancer clinic employee maliciously accessed patients’ credit card information and Social Security numbers of...

Are you surprised that another insider theft of patient data happened again? It is not a secret that insider threats have been a major...

Bill Blake, President, and Ron Arden, Vice President and CMO of Fasoo USA, presented on August 12, 2014 at a forum for local businesses in Columbus, OH on “Defending the Enterprise Against Insider Threats”. Sponsored by Fasoo and partner The Dayhuff Group, the session provided business and technical leaders with an understanding of the threats to intellectual property and other sensitive information posed by trusted insiders. Bill focused on the problems of malicious or...

Bill Blake, President, and Ron Arden, Vice President and CMO of Fasoo USA, presented on August 12, 2014 at a forum for local businesses...

Not again? This is the question you are probably asking yourself after reading the title of this blog post. However, a recent article reported that the US federal government has revealed that there is a new insider exposing national security documents based on the same source of leak that published former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks. The source reveals that documents focus on the “growth in U.S. government databases of known or suspected terrorist...

Not again? This is the question you are probably asking yourself after reading the title of this blog post. However, a recent article reported...

Companies trying to stay on top of their IT security have heard the buzz about the “insider threat” posed by our increasingly cloud-based and mobile work habits. The problem of legitimate users accidentally or intentionally leaking confidential data is one that many organizations have been complacent about to date. Many business leaders misunderstand the insider threat and exactly how sensitive information gets leaked or stolen. Awareness is increasing about the threat itself and the...

Companies trying to stay on top of their IT security have heard the buzz about the “insider threat” posed by our increasingly cloud-based and...

How many times have you heard that cyber security should revolve around the data? Not much? Me neither. It has been a lot about the device, or the network or the user. However, in a recent article on data security, a panel of experts agreed that security must center on the data itself. With data being literally everywhere, whether it is on your PC, your mobile device or in the cloud, there is always a way...

How many times have you heard that cyber security should revolve around the data? Not much? Me neither. It has been a lot about...

Bill Blake, President of Fasoo USA, and Justin Kline, Director of Solution Sales and Marketing for Neocol, presented on July 29, 2014 at the IBM Big Data Integration & Governance Forum 2014 in Atlanta, GA. This conference focused on how organizations can make better use of data in understanding their businesses. Major challenges for IT and business leaders are how to unlock insights from big data, data governance and integration processes while worrying about the...

Bill Blake, President of Fasoo USA, and Justin Kline, Director of Solution Sales and Marketing for Neocol, presented on July 29, 2014 at the IBM...

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