Performing a security risk assessment has become an economic and functional necessity in the digital economy. Cyber-threats and many of the legal and operational aspects of data-handling now constitute as much of a challenge to enterprise success as effective marketing, and continuous service delivery.

In part 5, we looked at auditing your network device logs. A decade ago, security professionals were primarily concerned about network perimeter and endpoint security. While those concerns are still valid, technological advancements have created new scenarios that need to be addressed.

Recent news has broken about a group of hackers which appears to be operating out of Russia. The group, dubbed “Silence,” is believed to be involved in the theft of over $800,000 from multiple Russian and Eastern European financial institutions. However, what is particularly notable about this group is they seem to count at least one former cyber security professional among their number.