Biggest insider threat? Sys admin gone rogue

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	Biggest insider threat? Sys admin gone rogue What's one of the biggest insider threats to the corporate network? The high-tech folks that put it together, make changes to it, and know more about what's on it and how it works than anybody else. When the database, network or systems administrator goes rogue, stealing data http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/070307-fidelity-national-records.html?nlhtsec=0702securityalert4&, setting up secret access for themselves, even in anger planting logic bombs to destroy data http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/files/du1217_r.htm, or just peeking at sensitive information http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070710-snooping-protected-data.html they know is off limits, they become the very insider threat that the IT department is supposed to be guarding against. 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Read now 6 tips for guarding against rogue sys admins One of the biggest threats that organizations face is losing sensitive data -- such as payment card or personally identifiable information about customers or employees -- to theft from their own employees. The threat is greatest from systems and network administrators, who have privileged access to vast amounts of corporate data and are responsible for most compromised records in insider cases. Read More 5 problems with SaaS security As interest in software-as-a-service grows, so too do concerns about SaaS security. Total cost of ownership used to be the most frequently cited roadblock among potential SaaS customers. But now, as cloud networks become more frequently used for strategic and mission-critical business applications, security tops the list. Read More The 17 Most Dangerous Places on the Web Those photos of Jessica Alba may be murder on your PC. That Google search result that looks as if it answers all your questions may do nothing but create a serious tech headache. The fun you had watching that hilarious video you downloaded may not be worth the misery it can cause your system. Read More WHITE PAPER: Watchguard Unified Threat Management - Market Review Compare the major brands of security products by UTM throughput per MSRP dollar to see where you will get the best value for your money. Find out how you can have full UTM capabilities for comprehensive protection and still have blazing fast throughput to keep your network humming. Read now! NSA rings up a $1.2B,1 million sq-ft data center Massive National Security Agency data center to land in UtahWhat does one stuff into a $1.1 billion, 1 million-square-ft data center?  Well the super secret National Security Agency won't tell you exactly but this week it awarded the contract to start building one in Utah. Read More Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve You can't march into the future dragging old problems that should already have a solution. Here's what must be done Read More Iran admits Stuxnet worm infected PCs at nuclear reactor Although some computers at Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor were infected by the Stuxnet worm, none of the facility's crucial control systems were affected, Iranian officials said. Read More WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes with Security Visionary Nir Zuk Join Nir Zuk, network security visionary and founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks, for an interactive online interview with security analyst Mark Bouchard, CISSP. Watch Nir speak about the state of the information security industry. Learn More! NSF funds research to make the Internet more secure, robust The National Science Foundation late last month announced four research projects focused on developing a more robust and secure Internet. Read More Fight insider threats with the tools you already have Common security tools already used by many businesses can be effective means for finding corporate data thieves and saboteurs, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute. Read More Snort rival launches threat-detection start-up Emerging Threats Pro debuted Monday with a rival intrusion detection and prevention signature technology to vendor Sourcefire, which shepherds open source Snort and its threat-detection signature base. Read More Spammers hit email users with new html attack Spammers have suddenly cranked up the use of malicious html file attachments in recent days, according to security company Barracuda Networks. Read More
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