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Preparing for a CMMC Audit: A Practical Guide for Success

Mon, 08/25/2025

Discover what a CMMC audit involves, how it ensures compliance for defense contractors, and how it differs from other cybersecurity audits.

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Integrated Risk Management: Strategies for Modern Businesses

By Robbie Araiza on Mon, 06/23/2025

Integrated Risk Management (IRM) unifies siloed risk practices into a cohesive, structured framework, enabling strategic and effective risk oversight.

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MFA Fatigue: Understanding the Risks and How to Mitigate Them

Mon, 05/05/2025

Learn about MFA fatigue attacks, their signs, risks, and how to protect users from falling victim to this growing cybersecurity threat.

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Automated Threat Hunting: How to Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats

By Robbie Araiza on Mon, 03/31/2025

Automated threat hunting refers to the process of using AI, ML, and tools to identify potential cybersecurity threats proactively.

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Friday Five: Hacked ISPs, Major Breaches, Insider Threats, & More

Fri, 08/30/2024

Hackers took advantage of a 0-day to steal ISP customers' credentials, a former Verizon employee pleaded guilty to feeding info to a Chinese spy agency, and more. Get up to speed in this week's Friday Five!

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Friday Five: DDoS and USB Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Concerns, & More

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Fri, 07/21/2023

A rise in cyberattacks’ volume and sophistication, lawmakers cracking down on privacy, the rising threats to critical infrastructure, and more. Catch up on these stories and more in this week’s Friday Five!

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The Importance of Automation in Data Classification

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Wed, 02/23/2022

It’s no surprise to anyone that the amount of data that exists is rapidly growing. A report by IDC predicts that by 2025, the global datasphere will have grown to 175 zettabyes. To put in perspective how much data this truly is, one zettabyte is equal to one trillion gigabytes – that is an astronomical amount of data. Needless to say, humans are not...

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Insider Threat: Definition & Examples

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Tue, 12/28/2021

A recent report said that almost half of data breaches involve an insider element. In this blog we define what constitutes an insider threat and give you nearly 50 examples to help illustrate the threat further.

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US Indicts Man Behind Shopify Insider Breach

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Mon, 04/12/2021

It seems as if the goal of the breach was to set up copycat merchant pages to divert sales from the originals.

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Suit Claims Attorneys Stole, Destroyed Data Before Joining Rival Firm

Wed, 02/17/2021

A new lawsuit alleges four attorneys plotted their exit months before they left for a competing firm, then copied and destroyed corporate data.

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Insider Threats Poised to Increase in 2021

Wed, 10/28/2020

Forrester, citing the persistence of remote work, predicts that internal incidents will be responsible for 33% of breaches in 2021.

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Former Employee Breached Company Payroll Data

Thu, 10/22/2020

Before resigning, the employee stole company data and created a "superuser" account that let him access the network after he left.

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Shopify Acknowledges Insider Breach of 200 Stores

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Wed, 09/23/2020

A breach at the popular e-commerce site was linked back to two "rogue" support team employees.

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Popcorn Recipe Case Highlights Niche Trade Secret Theft Risk

Mon, 05/06/2019

This company protected its sensitive data with biometric thumbprint scanner but still managed to suffer trade secret theft after a former director of research allegedly stole gigabytes of data on its recipes.

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What is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)? Examples, Benefits, and More

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Mon, 08/20/2018

Learn about role-based access control (RBAC) in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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Ex-Apple Employee Accused of Stealing Self-Driving Car IP

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Thu, 07/12/2018

Federal agents apprehended a former Apple employee last week suspected of stealing intellectual property, including engineering schematics on the company's secret self-driving car technology.

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Tesla Data Theft Case Illustrates the Danger of the Insider Threat

Thu, 06/21/2018

Tesla filed a lawsuit against a former employee this week after it learned he made changes to company source code and exported gigabytes of proprietary data to unknown third parties.

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What Does an Insider Threat Analyst Do?

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Mon, 04/30/2018

Learn about what an insider threat analyst does, along with how they affect existing procedures, policies, and protection layers in organizations in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

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The Early Indicators of an Insider Threat

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Thu, 07/13/2017

Whether malicious or negligent, insider threats pose serious security problems for organizations. Forrester Senior Security Analyst Joseph Blankenship offers some insight into common early indicators of an insider threat.

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ATF Official Caught Leaking Employee Data

By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Tue, 06/30/2015

CNN reports that an executive at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was sending personnel data to a personal email account.

Preparing for a CMMC Audit: A Practical Guide for Success

Integrated Risk Management: Strategies for Modern Businesses

MFA Fatigue: Understanding the Risks and How to Mitigate Them

Automated Threat Hunting: How to Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats

Friday Five: Hacked ISPs, Major Breaches, Insider Threats, & More

Friday Five: DDoS and USB Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Concerns, & More

The Importance of Automation in Data Classification

Insider Threat: Definition & Examples

US Indicts Man Behind Shopify Insider Breach

Suit Claims Attorneys Stole, Destroyed Data Before Joining Rival Firm

Insider Threats Poised to Increase in 2021

Former Employee Breached Company Payroll Data

Shopify Acknowledges Insider Breach of 200 Stores

Popcorn Recipe Case Highlights Niche Trade Secret Theft Risk

What is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)? Examples, Benefits, and More

Ex-Apple Employee Accused of Stealing Self-Driving Car IP

Tesla Data Theft Case Illustrates the Danger of the Insider Threat

What Does an Insider Threat Analyst Do?

The Early Indicators of an Insider Threat

ATF Official Caught Leaking Employee Data

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