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Shadow IT Threats – How To Turn Them Into Opportunity?

Shadow IT  threats involves pushing back on any initiatives that try to bypass IT and fighting the line of business managers for ownership of these projects. Shadow IT opportunity involves transforming shadow IT into official line-of-business shortcuts and becoming the corporate champion of innovative initiatives. Below are a few ways one could looks at Shadow IT as an… Read More »Shadow IT Threats – How To Turn Them Into Opportunity?

3 Social Engineering Attacks To Look Out For

Social Engineering attacks refers to psychological manipulation of people into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. Most common social engineering attacks used to target users are Phishing Attack: These attacks are the most common type of attacks leveraging social engineering techniques. Attackers use social media, emails, instant messaging and SMS to trick victims… Read More »3 Social Engineering Attacks To Look Out For

Understanding Key Attack Surface Dimensions

We will discuss a few key areas in the vast attack surface today. With increasing technology advancement and its intervention into the enterprise world makes the scope of cyber defense enormously large. It reminds me of depth-first and breadth-first search algorithms to cover scopes in varied situations. The security landscape is so widely expanding, the change… Read More »Understanding Key Attack Surface Dimensions

Top 4 Shadow IT Misconceptions

“Shadow IT is here to stay” this statement have the potential to provoke as much debate in the CIO community. Most CIOs are aware that Shadow IT occurs within their organization. As it turns out, the problem may be much more prevalent than they ever imagined. There are few shadow IT misconceptions which are good to know… Read More »Top 4 Shadow IT Misconceptions

Risks of Shadow IT in Financial Services Firms

Organizations across all Financial Services firms are dealing with the effects of shadow IT, whether they realize it or not. Shadow IT is technology that is adopted and deployed by business units without the knowledge or consent of corporate IT teams. The motivations behind the adoption of shadow IT are typically well-intentioned. For financial services firms,… Read More »Risks of Shadow IT in Financial Services Firms