Host Charles Commins is joined by Cybersecurity Strategist at Proofpoint, Matt Cooke and the Centre for Strategic Cyberspace and International Studies President CEO and host of the Cyber Tribe podcast, Richard Zaluski to discuss why good security is no longer good enough.

The trio explore the native security features of cloud based software such as Microsoft 365, what can be added to them to make them stronger against potential bad actor threats and the practicalities for organisations in doing so.

For more information go to:

https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/misc/pfpt-uk-cb-corporate-overview-protection-starts-with-people.pdf 

As more business assets move to the cloud, attackers have followed close behind. 

Cloud account compromise will give the attacker wide-ranging access to data, contacts, calendar entries, email and other system tools – and it’s no longer a rarity. 

The 2021 Human Factor Report” from Proofpoint notes that credential theft accounts for about two-thirds of attacks.   

If the attacker has access to your account, at the very least they have a starting point on their way to their objective.

Adopting your identity presents them with a world of opportunity.

Host Charles Commins is joined by Proofpoint’s Competitive Specialist, Sammi Davies to explore what we can do to combat this compromise in cloud based software.

For more information go to:

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/email-and-cloud-threats/microsoft-misses-account-compromise

https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/resources/threat-reports/cloud-account-compromise-and-takeover

https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/resources/solution-briefs/how-proofpoint-defends-against-cloud-account-takeover

BEC attacks are when cyber criminals spoof or even compromise vendors or service providers in order to attack their customers and partners. 

Losses from Business Email Compromise are growing. 

Currently the losses are 66 times worse than what is lost to Ransomware with 58% of BEC incidents resulting in a loss and the average amount lost to them being $120,000.

Host Charles Commins is joined by Neil Hammet, Director of Technical Marketing at the Office of Cybersecurity Strategy to explore the ways organisations can protect themselves from these attacks.

For more information go to:

https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/resources/e-books/breaking-down-bec 

https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/resources/threat-reports/supply-chain-attacks

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/email-and-cloud-threats/microsoft-misses-supplier-attacks