Inside IT Security & Privileged Users Management

In this post-Snowden era, we all know that insider threats are becoming a major concern for businesses globally.

The IT industry is constantly evolving. This evolution is vital to meet business objectives and drive productivity forward, but it also makes the potential for skills shortages much higher.

Employees are probably the greatest risk facing a business in the modern era, sometimes out of malice, often due to carelessness but always because they have access to information that might be valuable outside your organisation.

There’s no doubt that awareness of information security in corporations has dramatically improved in recent years. Stories of breaches and hacks have filled the mainstream press in a new digital age where most people understand the value of data and the risk of it falling into the wrong hands. Here are some points to consider when developing your security awareness strategy. The end goal here is to create a culture of security that moves beyond regulations and policies to educate and inspire your people to care about protecting what matters to your business.

It’s all those privileged accounts being shared around.