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The Insider Threat: History and Defense

September 1, 2017 By Teri Radichel

In cyber security, the “Insider Threat” refers to potential actions taken by people within an organization that can cause harm, as opposed to hackers attacking from the outside. Sometimes an insider takes actions maliciously with intent to steal data or cause damage. In other cases, the insider takes actions accidentally by clicking a link or sharing information because they … [Read more...]

CloudFormation Benefits for Secure AWS Deployments

May 4, 2017 By Teri Radichel

As discussed in a prior Secplicity blog post, automation can help improve security by reducing the potential for human error. Security automation includes programmatic deployments of infrastructure and applications. But how do you automate cloud deployments? If you are using AWS, CloudFormation is one of your options. CloudFormation has some features that help secure the AWS … [Read more...]

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