Cyber crimes involving Insider Threats are on the rise. Every company needs to know how to investigate these serious offenses and keep their business safe. Here’s what you need to know about conducting a cyber crime investigation into Insider Threats.

Monitoring employees is one way to ensure a productive and secure workflow within an organization. However, not all employees like being watched. Some even challenge the ethics and legality of workplace surveillance. In this article, we explore the nature of workplace surveillance and consider the laws US employers should know and follow if they want to monitor their employees.

While the real world of forensics is much different from your favorite primetime drama, it’s becoming an increasingly important field for the digital sphere. Cybercriminals leave a trace just like real-world offenders, so it’s important to use digital forensic tools that can identify, address, and resolve potentially fraudulent or harmful activities. Keep reading to learn more about digital forensics, and the tools your company needs to stay protected.

The Report Sheds Light on Data Loss Prevention Challenges and Identifies the Use Cases for Integrated DLP vs. Enterprise DLP Solutions. A recent report published by Gartner titled “How to Choose Between Enterprise DLP and Integrated DLP Approaches” (Gartner subscription required) found that “the data loss prevention market includes products with DLP capabilities integrated in security products or SaaS applications, as well as cohesive enterprise DLP suites.

Privileged access is granted to certain users so they can perform their work. Yet admin and service accounts often are the causes of cybersecurity incidents since they allow their owners to install and remove software, modify system configurations, and more. Even with privileged access management practices in place, malicious actors can continue to find new ways to compromise your sensitive data. However, a new just-in-time PAM approach promises to improve the situation.

People tend to trust those they work with: employees, business partners, subcontractors. But these people, who have access to all kinds of corporate data, don’t always prove worthy of such trust. Insider data theft statistics show that one in four employees won’t think twice before stealing sensitive data from their current company if it will help them sign a contract with a competitor.

If you are even considering investigating an employee or monitoring employees in general, consider modern computer forensic tools for a complete solution. Computer forensic tools allow an employer to gather digital evidence before confronting an employee. With the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, these types of solutions can also help to monitor employees that are self-quarantined or voluntarily working from home.