Insiders are the number one threat says top Verizon researcher
Insiders are the number one threat says top Verizon researcher
Insider crimes are on the rise, third-party breaches are down and financial services organizations are clearly fraudsters' top targets. In July 2010, Verizon’s Wade Baker talked about why insider crimes are up and where and how they're occurring.
Insiders are a really big problem. That’s one of the key takeaways from the 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.
In an exclusive interview with Bank Info Security in advance of the report's release, Wade Baker, one of the study's primary authors, discusses:
• The U.S. Secret Service's role in this study
• New trends in how entities are breached
• What individuals and organizations must do to improve detection and prevention of breaches
"Almost 50% of the breaches investigated by Verizon and the Secret Service in 2009 were attributed to insiders," Baker says. "That's a pretty big change."
Baker is the director of risk intelligence for Verizon Business. In this role, he oversees the collection and analysis of data relevant to understanding and managing information risk. Intelligence from these activities is used to create and improve products, inform personnel and clients, and publish credible research to the security community.
Baker has more than 10 years of experience in the IT and security industries. His background spans the technical-managerial spectrum from system administration and web development to risk management and corporate decision-making.
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