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Drive Measurable Workforce Risk Mitigation with Elevate’s Dynamic Risk Response
In a recent study, one in five business security decision-makers reported “employees had unintentionally put company data at risk.” Similarly, 21% believed that phishing emails targeting employees led to the exfiltration of data. Today, workforce risk is at an all-time high, especially due to unsecure hybrid and remote working conditions. Too often, security teams are […]
Why Human Risk Remains the Biggest Threat in Data Breaches: Insights from the 2023 Verizon DBIR
Earlier this month, Verizon released the 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The findings, while significant, were hardly shocking: “83% of breaches involved external actors—with the majority being financially motivated.” “74% of breaches involved the human element, which includes social engineering attacks, errors or misuse.” “49% of breaches by external actors involved use of stolen […]
4 IAM Best Practices for Securing Your Organization in 2023
According to Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, “74% of breaches involved the human element, which includes social engineering attacks, errors or misuse.” The DBIR also finds “50% of all social engineering attacks are pretexting incidents—nearly double last year’s total.” Today, effective identity and access management (IAM) is more pertinent than ever: 49% of breaches […]
Elevate + Cisco: Redefining Cybersecurity Together
Having built several security programs from scratch, a strategic combination of “best of suite” and “best of breed” can go a long way in securing your company. That’s why Elevate Security is super excited to partner with Cisco on what’s clearly a ‘1+1=3’ better together proposition. As we spoke to Cisco customers, they loved the […]
Elevate Security’s New Cisco Integrations Deliver Deeper Visibility and Better Protection Against User Risk
CEO Robert Fly and CISO Harris Schwartz will be featured speakers at the RSA Conference 2022 next week in San Francisco
IAM in the Age of Remote Work: Ensuring Security and Productivity
Today, organizations need to adapt their Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies to ensure their remote workforces are secure and productive. Above all else, today’s IAM teams must develop strategies to make certain that only authorized users have access to the company’s systems and information. According to a LastPass survey from 2020, “98% of organizations […]
Rethinking Security: Shifting Focus to Employees
Last Friday, I shared on LinkedIn some amazing statistics we saw across our customers. That post just scratched the surface and deserves a deeper dive because the underlying lessons learned fly in the face of traditional InfoSec thinking. Security is a Journey… But to Where? Before starting Elevate Security, I was a 20+ year practitioner, […]
Addressing Today’s Biggest Cybersecurity Gap, ‘Employee Risk’
When you know who is risky and why, you have a tractable problem that’s solvable. Let’s dig deeper!
Strengthening IAM in 2023: A Comprehensive Guide [eBook]
8% of users are causing 80% of security incidents. But most identity and access management (IAM) teams today can’t understand the cyber risk context of the people attempting to access their systems. The problem is, without visibility into user risk at the time of authentication, authorization, or access reviews, your chances of letting an adversary […]
The Ultimate Identity Management Solution: A Brief Demo of Elevate Identity
Today, identity management is top of mind for most security teams. That’s because a small number of employees (8.5%) are responsible for triggering 80% of security incidents. Cyber attackers are getting smarter too, with attacks growing ever more sophisticated day by day. They’re targeting new hires, folks who’ve changed roles, and individuals with access to […]