TKC

A business without ongoing security measures is putting its data — and its customers' trust — on the line. And as large enterprises have hardened their defenses, attackers have moved downstream, targeting the small and mid-sized firms that make up the backbone of the financial sector. If you assumed you were too small to be a target, that assumption is exactly what makes you one. The exposure runs deeper than most leaders realize. Yes, you must protect the obvious: customer financial data,...

When destructive "wiper" malware tore through Sony Pictures more than a decade ago, investigators found something that should still keep executives up at night: the attackers had intimate knowledge of the internal network — real machine names, usernames, and passwords. No firewall could have stopped that. And in the years since, the lesson has only grown sharper. Technology is essential, but it is not sufficient. A firewall can't stop a trusted engineer from handing over credentials to a...

Few organizations hold as much personally identifiable information as the U.S. government. The IRS alone appropriates PII and payment-related data on virtually every American the moment currency is exchanged — names, Social Security numbers, income, family status, and more. Many assume that a trove this valuable must sit behind the most advanced defenses available. The reality is more sobering. The challenge isn't any single agency — it's scale and interconnection. Dozens of federal agencies,...