Editor's Pick: Big Data Analytics Fights Insider Threats

Big Data Analytics Fights Insider Threats

John P. Mello Jr. May 13, 2015 5:00 AM PT
	Identity management within an organization is a very important component of intrusion protection. "Outsiders that want to hack into organizations are becoming smarter," said Gurucul CEO Saryu Nayyar, "so we're seeing a pretty steep rise in compromised accounts." Gurucul uses big data analytics to create a context around everything connected to the network -- users, accounts and devices. [More...]

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