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When we think about IT saboteurs, most of us picture a professional cyber-criminal or hacker bent on stealing confidential information or wreaking havoc. In both cases, the perpetrator is an outside party who breaches the data network of a company, institution, or government entity with malicious intent. Neville Isdell said that the breach “…underscores the responsibility we each have to be vigilant in protecting our trade secrets. Information is the lifeblood of the company.” Credant Technologies' new tech will shore up organisations' defences Societe Generale might have been able to prevent a year-long binge of fraudulent transactions by one of its mid-level traders simply by instituting stricter password controls and applying available software that tracks transactions to individual workstations, according to analysts. New measures implemented in section 6.6 of the PCI standard, do nothing to address the threat of insiders. Doing business in a connected world requires employees, partners and customers to have access to an ever increasing range of information channels. Along with the benefits this access provides, the risk of insider security threats increases. The insider threat is the main security risk enterprises face -- insider incidents from using system administrator or privileged account access are responsible for nine out of 10 breaches in data security. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has once again postponed the sentencing of the former DuPont scientist who admitted he stole US$400 million in intellectual property from the company. Recent arrests in the hacking of nine U.S. retailers and Countrywide Home Loans is just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come, according to experts in the security industry. This is, certainly, the most unusual product in this group. SpyForce-AI is touted as “...a counter-espionage security software system that defeats the Insider Security Threat.” CWAT (cybercrime, warning, alert, termination, pronounced see-wat) is an extremely comprehensive insider threat management system. It is equally complicated to install and understand. The speed of change in IT security is intense and often seemingly chaotic. Security solutions today must constantly morph to reflect not only the shifting needs of customers, but also the advancing capabilities of security threats. The proliferation and progression of DoS attacks and phishing sites, to name a few, demand new means to detect and block criminals. Senior executives, meanwhile, want simplicity and better command and control over the many security solutions they implement. Despite this ever-changing landscape, there are, however, a number of general trends that, from our view as investors, are likely to organize and drive development of IT security products and services over the near and intermediate term. At the rate data breaches occur, it might be easier for everyone to just post their private information straight to the web. Companies are leaving their unified communications (UC) systems wide open to hackers, newly published research claims. Security problems created by employees are far more serious than the dangers posed by external hackers and criminals, new research reports.. In the first three months of 2008, the number of data breaches more than doubled over the same period last year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nonprofit that helps victims of identity theft. Businesses in the U.K. face a serious security threat from their own employees, according to new research. The major data breaches that have received mass media coverage are driving so-called "C-level" executives to become actively involved in their organization's security policies, according to a new report from the (ISC)2. Could firmware infections during the manufacturing process create backdoors in your network? Hannaford Bros. plans to implement millions of dollars of new technology that will effectively overhaul its IT security infrastructure and allow the recently breached supermarket chain to exceed data security requirements, the company and industry experts said.