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By The Numbers

Nearly half of all companies have experienced at least some losses in the past year due to malicious attacks by company insiders, according to the Computer Security Institute's 2009 Annual Security Survey. Almost 10 percent of the companies surveyed said that malicious insider attacks accounted for more than 40 percent of their losses for the year.

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Author Photo Social Networks, Data Leaks, And Operation Security
Posted by Gadi Evron
March 4, 2010

Following a Facebook update from a soldier on an upcoming operation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) canceled an operation into the West Bank, illustrating how the connected world makes maintaining operational security (OPSEC) all the more difficult.

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Around The Web

HELP NET SECURITY
Insidious: How Trusted Employees Steal Millions And Why It's So Hard For Banks To Stop Them
New book sheds light on how internal attacks work, and what companies can do about them

OFFICE OF INADEQUATE SECURITY
Breach Reports Decline In 2009, But What Does It Mean?
Did incidents actually decline during the year, or are companies simply deciding not to report them?

WASHINGTON POST
TSA Nominee Misled Congress About Accessing Confidential Records
Nominee may have inappropriately accessed a federal database, violation privacy laws

HELP NET SECURITY
Credit Card Provider Suffers Breach, Personal Data Lost
When laptop is stolen from third-party contractor, MBNA is forced to report data loss

ADELAIDE NOW
Student Accused In $2 Million Bank Swindle
Australian student extracted money from bank's internal account, authorities say

ARS TECHNICA
TSA Subpoenas Bloggers To Find Source Of Security Document Leak
Bloggers were asked to reveal source of internal procedures document that they published on the Web; TSA later dropped the subpoenas

GLOBAL SECURITY MAGAZINE
Get More For Less, Enhance Data Security And Cut Costs
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THE COLUMBIAN
Personnel Files For Larch Workers Stolen
Files missing after thieves break into employee's car

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Insider Threat Reports

report Inside Out: Protecting Your Partnerships -- and Your Data
Today's businesses depend on e-commerce among partners, but allowing third parties to access internal networks may endanger your data. How can IT security pros ensure that contractors, supplies and others get the access they need -- without becoming threats? This report offers some answers.

report Rotten Apples: How To Detect And Stop Malicious Insiders In Your Organization
Most data leaks are unintentional - but in every enterprise, there are a few hard cases that defy this truism and threaten the very heart of your data.What can you do to stop these rotten apples from using their intimate knowledge of your organization - and its data access methods - to wreak havoc? This report offers a detailed look at how malicious insiders might attack your data, how they’re motivated, and what you can do to stop them.

report Understanding The Insider Threat
Think you know your trusted users? Think again. The availability of new Internet technologies and the pressures of a spiraling economy are changing the nature of the data breach, and your employees may have their fingers on the trigger. This report offers a look at the full spectrum of insider threats, and the risks associated with each.

report Well-Meaning Employees -- And How To Stop Them
The most dangerous threat to your data isn't hackers or criminal insiders: it's the well-meaning employee, whose missteps may lead to the unintentional leak of your most sensitive corporate data. Learn how employees accidentally expose sensitive information, and how you can keep those good intentions from paving the road to your company's ruin.