The insider threat is a significant security concern for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) organizations. A successful insider act in one of the CNI sectors has potential to damage assets and interrupt the critical services that society depends upon. Existing research suggests that behavioral ...
The complexities surrounding insider threats often lie in their deceptive simplicity. At first glance, the activities of an insider threat might appear no different from everyday operations, which is precisely what makes them so elusive and dangerous. Here’s a closer look at why these threats are...
Luckily, there are some telltale signs of this malicious activity that can enable you to identify and rectify problems as quickly as possible using the strategies detailed. Indicators: Increasing Insider Threat Awareness Keep an eye out for the following suspicious occurrences, and you’ll have a ...
Ontology for Insider Threat IndicatorsThe study of insider threat presents some of the most complex challenges in information security. Even defining the insider threat has proven difficult, with interpretations and scope varying depending on the problem space. Organizations have begun to acknowledge the...
The threat from insiders is not a new phenomenon, but high-profile incidents have elevated enterprise focus on effective detection and mitigation of insider threats. Detecting insider threats is challenging because internal users have legitimate access to valuable information, making it difficult to disce...
This could be indicative of cybercriminal lateral movement or insider threat activity (see stage 2 in Figure 1). Multiple Honeytoken alerts from a single host (especially outside of business hours). Excessive SMTP traffic. Could be evidence of a compromised system being used to launch DDoS ...
In threat intelligence, IoCs are one of the two indicators that allow security administrators to know if a breach has happened or is occurring. The second indicator type, is Indicator of Attack. Indicators of attack (IoAs)are behaviors or patterns used toidentify a cyberattack that is in prog...
evaluate a breach or security event. However, unlike IOCs, IOAs are active in nature and focus on identifying a cyber attack that is in process. They also explore the identity and motivation of the threat actor, whereas an IOC only helps the organization understand the events that took place...
credentials, insider threats or other malicious behavior. By the time a security team discovers an IOC, it's likely that a breach has already occurred, which means that data could have been compromised. Even so, an IOC can still help the security teameliminate the threat and limit the ...
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