Veiligheid in de organisatie

In de strijd tegen het terrorisme staat een arsenaal aan geavanceerde technologie ter beschikking. De keerzijde is echter dat terreurgroepen als IS naar dezelfde middelen grijpen. Door hun grotere wendbaarheid en kortere bevelslijnen zijn ze daarbij in het voordeel. Richard van Hooijdonk, Trendwatcher en Futurist bij BNR Nieuwsradio en Nyenrode University en spreker op het Cyber Security Event 2016. Traagheid, …

Wij interviewden wij Hans van Loon, Cyber Security Entrepreneur die overheden en bedrijven ondersteunt, begeleidt en adviseert op het terrein van cyber security. Wat zijn actuele ontwikkelingen op het terrein van cyber security? De afgelopen jaren kenmerken zich door het steeds zichtbaarder worden van cyber kwetsbaarheden. 10 jaar geleden werd nog ontkent dat cybercrime een maatschappelijk probleem zou worden. Cybersecurity …

In aanloop naar het Cyber Security Event op 29 november 2016 op The Hague Security Delta Campus interviewden wij Foppe Vogd, ambassadeur van de awareness game Elevator van het CIO Platform Nederland. Foppe is spreker op dit event en in het middagprogramma is er gelegenheid de game te spelen. Foppe geeft zijn persoonlijke visie op Cyber security. Foppe is de grondlegger …

In aanloop naar het Cyber Security Event op 29 november 2016 op The Hague Security Delta Campus interviewden wij Hein Laan, Information Security Officer bij de Rabobank en spreker op het Cyber Security Event. Hein geeft zijn visie op samenwerken met ketenpartners aan cyber security. Wat zijn actuele ontwikkelingen op het terrein van cyber security? Op het gebied van cyber …

Edwin van Andel, Hacker and public speaker for Zerocopter at the Cyber Security Event. Yesterday the Dutch parliament passed a law stating that organisations now have the obligation to report on severe cyberattacks. Last week in a dutch newspaper, an article emerged in which an interview was done with the Dutch ex-prosecutor, Aldo Verbruggen. The topic was cybercrime, or better, …

As recent data breaches show, every organization needs to take action to better secure insider access, particularly that of privileged users and contractors. By Travis Greene, NetIQ, the security portfolio of Micro Focus In 1992 during the preparation for Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign, political strategist James Carville, in an effort to focus the messaging, hung a sign in the …

Recently, we’ve seen evidence of the increase in insider threats related to outsiders obtaining and abusing insider credentials. Like others, I’ve pointed to multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a means to mitigate the risk posed by this attack method. But, it’s worth considering – what are the limitations of MFA in reducing the risk of outsiders abusing insider credentials? To be …

If the Panama Papers were a wake up call to pay closer attention to insider threats, two recent developments have revealed that we have awakened to an elephant in the room. The first is the release of this year’s Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) on April 26, which states, “63 percent of confirmed data breaches involved weak, default or …

CIO recently reported that a variant of spear phishing called whaling has emerged as a major cybersecurity threat. Whaling is a social-engineering scheme that uses the relationship between executives and employees to trick employees into taking an illicit action. An attacker masquerading as an executive bids, and the employee does his or her bidding. Notable companies such as Snapchat, Seagate, …

What does the name “Panama Papers” bring to your mind? Outed tax evaders? Exposed grafters? Money launderers? Or like me, does your mind go straight to the risk and prevention of insider security breaches? For those of you who don’t habitually pore over the financial or security press, the Panama Papers refers to a massive and lengthy data breach that …