Category: Security

Tomer Agayev leads a security team that keeps our hard-earned savings safe from fraudsters. As threat research team lead at IBM Trusteer, Tomer guards the gateway to threats both known and unknown. His team’s responsibility is to monitor new and emerging threats, understand them intimately, and feed information to the…

Most security systems today are built with data confidentiality in mind. This is a crucial exercise, but confidentiality only makes up for one dimension of data privacy. As security expert Bruce Schneier told the audience at SpiceWorld 2018, the time has come to reconsider our understanding of data privacy and…

The importance of implementing privileged access management (PAM) is undeniable. A user with privileged access holds the keys to the kingdom, access to the highly valuable and confidential information that is often targeted by cybercriminals and malicious insiders. In fact, Gartner listed PAM as the No. 1 project for security…

This is the second article in a two-part series about retail cybersecurity during the holidays. Read part one for the full list of recommendations. The holiday shopping season offers myriad opportunities for threat actors to exploit human nature and piggyback on the rush to buy and sell products in massive…