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The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) provides financial messaging services to banks, financial institutions and corporations all over the world. The technology is used to exchange sensitive information about financial transactions by more than 11,000 customers in over 200 countries. Financial institutions: a major target for cyber criminals; a critical subject for security…
You’ve set up policies. You’ve trained your team. You’ve vetted third parties. But, even the most proactive privilege security strategy can’t account for every situation and every type of risky behavior. Today many Thycotic customers rely on session recording and monitoring capabilities for added peace of mind. If any privileged user adds a backdoor account or makes an unauthorized configuration change,…
A recent report from Gartner reveals the top IT Security Projects for 2019 with Privileged Access Management taking the number one spot. Before we get into why Privileged Access Management (PAM) is the number 1 Cyber Security Priority in 2019, let’s take a quick look at what lead up to this change Senior executives are…
Compliance audits are a stressful, time-consuming effort for many companies. In the Lockdown blog, we often talk about the tools and processes customers use to prepare for both internal and external information security audits. This time we thought we’d turn the tables and speak directly to an auditor to hear his perspective. In this post, auditor…
Many organizations gravitate towards Group Policy Objects (GPO) for privilege management because it offers enough functionality to get started managing privileges. Yet, as your needs evolve, you may find that you require a privilege management system better suited to a maturing, sophisticated organization. What are some of the warning signs that you need more than…
All major compliance bodies recommend or require a least privilege policy to protect sensitive data. Removing local administrative access on user workstations is a fundamental strategy for endpoint security to protect against both internal and external threats. Auditors will see that you have implemented a proactive security strategy to prevent malicious activity and accidental data…
Yes, you’ve all heard about it. Many companies have been raising the alarm and increasing awareness about GDPR—General Data Protection Regulation—for months now, all offering solutions for anything at all to do with GDPR. It’s caused a lot of confusion, raised many questions—and organizations have no idea where to start. Many assume they are excluded…
As the deadline for compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) rapidly approaches, some security companies are offering ‘silver bullets’ to solve anything and everything to do with the new requirements. “Step right up folks, all you need to do is install this one box and your problems are solved.” If only…
I ask MSPs: How secure are the clients’ passwords you manage today? As an MSP you must meet special security needs because you hold critical privileged passwords, not only your own organization, but for your clients’ as well. Do you have an accurate answer for these questions, or are there some unknowns in your organization?…
Yes, you’ve all heard about it. Many companies have been raising the alarm about GDPR for months now, all offering protection and silver bullets to solve anything and everything to do with GDPR—all you have to do is install this one box. Right! It’s caused a lot of confusion and many questions, and organizations have…
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