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Reimagining Access Management: Part 1
Here's a non-controversial take: access management is hard. You want to provide people with just enough access to do their jobs, but no more and no less. By granting them too much access, you put your resources at risk. Over-provisioned access is a common misconfiguration which can give attackers the ability to do more damage. Limiting access is an important way to limit the blast radius of an account compromise, which is why least privilege is one of the core pillars of information security. On the other hand, with too little access, your users can’t get their work done.
How a Trust-Based Culture Supports Parents
Balancing parenthood and work is no small feat. We chatted with some parents here at Material Security to learn about the trials and triumphs of this journey. They've got stories, advice, and a dash of humor to share. We're hoping their stories can make the whole juggling act feel a little less overwhelming for our fellow parents out there.
Getting Sensitive Workflows Out of Email
As we’ve previously written about, adding Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace data into a security data lake can unlock many new use cases for security teams. This post continues our series on sharing examples on how to use this data to measure and improve your security posture.
Risky Biz Podcast: A look at running a modern phishing workflow
In this Risky Business News interview, Tom Uren asks Material Security’s Director of Security Chris Long about what it takes to run a “modern” phishing workflow. Chris thinks there are opportunities to take advantage of “phishing superusers”, employees who are a cut above when it comes to uncovering phishing and other malicious activities. Phishing is also the “point of the spear” for defenders — it provides an entry point into attacker activities that enable all sorts of potential detection opportunities.
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Securing Mailboxes in the Era of Persistent Threats: Insights from Recent Chinese State-Linked Hacks
Stating the obvious: Recent events reinforce the fact that the mailboxes inside of organizations continue to be a target and that even strong authentication controls are insufficient to prevent unauthorized access.
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Risky Biz Podcast: Building an Insider Threat Program with Coinbase' Courtney Healey and Material's Matt Muller
Senior Manager of Insider Threat at Coinbase, Courtney Healey, joins Material's Matt Muller on the Risky Biz podcast (starts at 43:37). They chat with host Patrick Gray on the importance of building a diverse and multi-disciplinary insider threat team and key steps to building a strong insider threat program.
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How to Monitor Shadow IT using Material Security and Snowflake
We recently announced our partnership and integration with Snowflake to give joint customers a seamless way to leverage Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace data in their security data lake. Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing examples on how to use this data to measure and improve your security posture.
How Mars leveraged identity to protect sensitive content and applications
Maintaining the security of a large digital infrastructure can be a daunting task, especially for global enterprise organizations like Mars. We sat down with several of Mars' security staff to learn how they're leveraging identity to protect sensitive content and applications.
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Risky Biz Podcast Interview with Rajan & Dan
Dan Ayala, Chief Security & Trust Officer from Dotmatics joins Rajan Kapoor, Field CISO from Material on Risky Business to discuss how to wrangle securing data that ends up in corporate cloud email and file stores.
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