Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Holiday Season is Prime Time for Credit Card Fraud

Be careful while using your credit cards this season. According to PNC Bank, credit card fraud increases about 19% during the holiday season. Most of us tend to use our credit cards more than usual and since we are in … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 28, 2011 in Big Data, In The News, Metadata and tagged , , | Comments (1)

All I Want for the Fiscal Year End Holiday is an Optimized Security Group

In one of our recent posts, Rob Sobers talked a bit about the Varonis recommendations engine and how it compares with hunch.com’s similar technology. I’m currently in the throes of last minute holiday shopping, and one of the things I … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 23, 2011 in Access Control Reporting, Big Data, Data Ownership, Directory Services, Metadata, Permissions Management and tagged | Leave a comment

Substantially Reducing Risk by Cleaning Up Access Permissions

The article, “The Art of Profiling Cyber Criminals” within Dark Reading on December 8th, 2011 provides a brief outline of the characteristics of a typical cyber criminal.  The article is of interest because of its detailed description of the malicious … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 19, 2011 in Access Control Reporting, File System Protection, In The News, Permissions Management and tagged | Leave a comment

Your Mailbox is Almost Full

This again. It happens a few times a year—an automated email telling me I’m going to have to make some decisions about my data. It’s not like it’s a small mailbox, either—as of this morning, I have filled up 9.3 … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 16, 2011 in Back To Basics, Data Ownership, Permissions Management, Secure Collaboration and tagged , , , | Leave a comment

How to Assess Your Current Risk Profile and Effectively Reduce Risk

In our December 2011 newsletter, we highlight recent research from Gartner, “Security and Risk Management Lessons, Courtesy of WikiLeaks,” (Gartner subscription required) that begins, “The wholesale release of sensitive diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks serves as a reminder to organizations of … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 12, 2011 in Data Ownership, File System Protection, In The News, Metadata, Secure Collaboration and tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Challenges of Metadata Collection

In my recent post, Improving Authorization with Metadata, we talked about what kinds of information we need in order to start cleaning up access control. This time I want to talk a little bit about how we’ll actually get that … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 9, 2011 in Back To Basics, Directory Services, File System Protection, Metadata, Permissions Management and tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hunch has the “Taste Graph”, Varonis has the “Access Graph”

It was recently announced that eBay has acquired New York-based startup Hunch for a reported $80 million (a tad over the reserve price).  Hunch is a recommendation engine created by Caterina Fake of Flickr fame, and Chris Dixon, a prominent … Continue reading →

  Posted on December 5, 2011 in In The News | Leave a comment

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