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5 Best Practices to Prevent Insider Threats in 2019
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Data breaches caused by insiders cost enterprises millions of dollars. According to the Ponemon Institute, every year, companies lose up to $8.7 million due to insider threats. To ensure an appropriate level of enterprise data protection, security officers continuously look for ways to improve their current insider threat management solution. With the following insider threat management best practices, you’ll be able to protect your sensitive business information and keep malicious insiders at bay.
1. Consider access controls
It’s essential to keep your critical assets inaccessible for malicious insiders. First and foremost, deploy multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the most valuable systems, applications, and services. Your goal is to make sure that any malicious insider won’t be able to borrow a password from their colleagues and get a hold of the data they aren’t supposed to have access to. Therefore, you need to look for an insider threat management solution with a built-in MFA functionality.
By implementing MFA, you can make sure that the person attempting to enter the protected perimeter are who they claim to be. At the same time, the use of MFA makes it way harder for malicious insiders to access your company’s sensitive information.
It’s also important to have a good password management policy in place. The most basic recommendations include forbidding the use of default and simple passwords and changing passwords upon certain events (say, employee resignation) or after some periods of time (say, every month or every quarter).
2. Limit access whenever possible
Once you managed to make sure that only the right people can get access to your network and critical assets within it, it’s time to think about the access permissions each of your company’s employees has. It’s best to take some technical measures to mitigate insider threats and deploy the so-called least privilege principle when employees only have the exact access level they need to do their job.
But today, more and more companies go even further and deploy a zero trust security model. In a zero trust network, there’s no general protected perimeter that distinguishes trusted insiders from untrusted outsiders. Instead, each critical asset or system is fully protected from both insiders and outsiders, thus mitigating internal and external threats to cyber security.
Such an approach works best for the companies that cooperate actively with third-party vendors and subcontractors. It’s also a great solution for the enterprises with a bring your own device (BYOD) policy in place, allowing their employees to use personal devices for work purposes.
3. Monitor employee activity
User activity monitoring is the basis of many insider threat protection techniques. You need to be able to see what’s going on within your network, in real-time at best. When choosing among the solutions to protect against insider threats in cybersecurity, pick the one that allows to see a particular user session and terminate it if necessary.
Many companies also look towards User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) as the key to effective threat monitoring and protection against insider threats. Advances in machine learning technologies allow building user profiles that include normal baseline behavior patterns for particular users or roles. Registering activities that deviate from these patterns may help detect malicious insiders and mitigate possible threats at an early stage.
4. Analyze logs and respond to security incidents
Continuous user activity monitoring is meant to give you full visibility across the enterprise network and provide you with detailed data for further analysis. Depending on the user monitoring solution, user activity logs may contain different types of information:
Names of files and applications opened by the user:
- URLs to the visited websites;
- Logged keystrokes;
- Recorded sessions, and more.
The proactive incident response also plays a significant part in building an effective insider threat cyber security program. There’s no point in detecting a malicious action if you’re unable to respond to it properly and, therefore, prevent a data breach from happening.
Look for an insider threat prevention solution that allows you both receiving real-time notifications about the detected security incidents and automating responses to the most common types of incidents. For instance, if the system registers, say, three unsuccessful login attempts, the account a user tried to access will be blocked.
Finally, if you want to be able to analyze all of the logged information on a deeper level, make sure that your insider threat prevention solution supports forensic data export.
5. Pay special attention to third-parties
Remote access control and protection is an essential part of the modern insider threat management program. Today, more and more organizations hire remote employees and grant access to critical corporate resources to third-party vendors and contractors. But, as reported in a 2018 study by the Ponemon Institute, third-party vendors were the cause of nearly 60 percent data breaches.
If granting third-party vendors access to business-critical data, systems, and application is a common practice for your organization, make sure you have an appropriate third-party management solution in place. Leverage all of the above-mentioned tools and practices to protect your corporate data from unauthorized access and use.
If your third-party subcontractors are using a shared account for accessing your corporate network or business applications, it’s preferable to add secondary authorization as an additional protection layer. This way, you’ll be able to clearly associate each session initiated under the shared account with a particular user.
And, finally, make sure that your third-parties are well aware of your organization’s cybersecurity policy and know what cybersecurity rules they must follow.
Conclusion
Insider threats have one of the biggest impacts on enterprise cybersecurity. In order to mitigate the risks related to insider threats, organizations should deploy complex solutions that include monitoring and audit of user activity, granular access and privilege management, and effective incident response.
This article is a contribution from Marcell Gogan. Marcell is a specialist within digital security solutions, business design and development, virtualization and cloud computing, R&D projects, establishment and management of software research direction – working with Ekran System. He also loves writing about data management and cybersecurity.
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JioBLAST Launches All Stars vs India powered by Campa Energy: A New Era of Creator-Driven Esports Entertainment
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JioBLAST today announced the launch of JioBLAST All Stars vs India powered by Campa Energy, an exciting new creator-led, competitive entertainment format featuring BGMI, that brings gaming icons and fans together on one stage. The high-octane event will take place on 29th–30th November 2025 at NESCO, Mumbai, with registrations open on the JioGames app.
JioBLAST All Stars marks JioBLAST’s debut in India’s rapidly growing gaming and esports entertainment landscape and will headline GamingCon Bharat 2025, one of the country’s premier gaming festivals. Designed for India’s massive gaming audience base, All Stars vs India is a unique format that allows fans to either team up with or take on their favourite creators, transforming audiences into participants in an immersive, interactive show experience.
The tournament is a first-of-its-kind creator-led esports entertainment format featuring two fan-driven competitions, including a Jio Solo Tournament, exclusive for Jio customers to play with their favourite stars and an open Team Tournament for squads across India to play against the All stars.
Speaking on the announcement, Charlie Cowdrey, CEO, JioBLAST, said: “We’re thrilled to launch JioBLAST All Stars vs India, a fan-first, creator-powered format designed to bring India’s next wave of gamers into the spotlight. This is just the beginning of how JioBLAST will redefine competitive entertainment in India – more events, bigger line-ups, and new formats that level up every season. We’re thankful to KRAFTON for enabling us to bring this experience to the BGMI community.”
On the partnership, Megha Raturi, CMO, Reliance Consumer Products Ltd, said: “Campa Energy is more than a beverage; it’s an attitude. By partnering with JioBLAST, we’re tapping into the spirit of India’s unstoppable youth, those rewriting the rules of competition and resilience through gaming. All Stars vs India is a celebration of that unbreakable drive.”
At its core, JioBLAST All Stars represents a new era of competitive entertainment, where creators, fans, and communities converge in a format that celebrates participation. With open online qualifiers for players, JioBLAST is enabling aspiring gamers to share the stage with some of India’s most followed and respected gaming content creators at GamingCon Bharat.
Star-Studded Creator Line-up
- Payal Gaming
- Shreeman Legend
- Soul Regaltos
- Snax Gaming
Fans can qualify through open tournaments hosted on JioGames, leading to the Creator vs Community showcase matches on the main stage. The live event will feature professional production, live shoutcasting, fan meet-and-greets, and exclusive creator-driven content, ensuring a premium experience both on-ground and online.
JioBLAST All Stars vs India Registration Details:
- Event: JioBLAST All Stars vs India powered by Campa Energy
- Venue: GamingCon Bharat, Nesco, Mumbai
- Dates: 29–30 November 2025
- Game: Battlegrounds Mobile India
- Registrations to compete: Open until November 14th on the JioGames app
- Team Tournament: Open for all players across India
- Jio Solo Tournament: Exclusive for Jio users
- Total tournament Prize Pool : INR 10,00,000
Gaming enthusiasts can buy GaminCon Bharat 2025 tickets from District by Zomato. JioBLAST is a joint venture between Jio, BLAST, and RISE Worldwide Limited, combining Jio’s 500+ million-strong digital ecosystem with BLAST’s global expertise in esports entertainment and RISE’s leadership in sports and event management. Together, they aim to build India’s most engaging and scalable esports IP ecosystem – from world-class tournaments to creator-driven entertainment formats.
With India emerging as one of the world’s largest gaming markets and the Online Gaming Bill 2025 actively supporting industry growth, JioBLAST is set to accelerate the nation’s journey towards becoming a global esports powerhouse.
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Rapidly-expanding software provider enters its 13th regulated market following Italian regulator’s approval of Elysium Studios – Driven by Swintt titles
Having previously outlined its intentions to enter more regulated markets throughout 2025, sought-after software provider Swintt has announced that it has now officially been greenlit by Italy’s Agencia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) to offer its slots in the country.
The new certification has initially been granted for Elysium Studios – Driven by Swintt titles, and though further approval is planned for both SwinttPremium and SwinttSelect releases in the not-too-distant future, the provider has already put pen to paper with two of Italy’s leading operators.
Launched in 2024 following Swintt’s acquisition of Elysium Studios, Elysium Studios – Driven by Swintt is a cutting-edge collection of releases that incorporates elements of social, mobile and casino gaming to deliver a more engaging experience that’s custom-made for the modern player.
Featuring inventive themes, innovative features and intuitive, mobile-first game mechanics, some of the biggest hits to come from the collaboration to date include the quirky, folk lore-inspired I Hate Fairytales and the swashbuckling skull and bones epic, Pirate Pledge Hold & Win.
Given both titles boast a cast of characters that includes everything from punk rock princesses to salty sea dogs and a huge selection of rewarding bonus rounds, the two games and many more from the Elysium Studios line-up are certain to prove a popular addition among Italian audiences.
With Swintt’s successful acquisition of ADM certification now paving the way for the provider to enter its 13th regulated market, the decision will significantly expand the company’s European footprint and enable it to form further partnerships with Italian operators in the months to come.
David Mann, Chief Executive Officer at Swintt, said: “At Swintt, our focus has always been on ensuring that our content gets put in front of players in as many regulated markets as possible – and acquiring ADM approval to offer our games in Italy is another significant step on this journey.
“As an established iGaming market with a huge emerging player base, we feel our Elysium Studios – Driven by Swintt line-up can make a big impact in the region and we look forward to being able to roll out our other core line-ups very soon.”
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Here are this weeks latest slots releases compiled by European Gaming
Relax Gaming is diving to the ocean floor for Treasure Tumble Dream Drop, an 8×8 cluster-pays adventure in the hit Tumble series starring fearless explorer Scarlett Spinz. Momentum is everything as position multipliers build, cluster wins cascade and a suite of blocker-busting power-ups keeps the action flowing, with a maximum win potential of 10,000x.
Get ready for a fresh, fruity adventure with Amusnet’s newest slot – 20 Bulky Fruits Buy Bonus! This colourful game brings classic fruit symbols to life across 20 paylines, offering plenty of ways to hit winning combinations and enjoy nonstop excitement. The Buy Bonus feature lets you jump straight into the action, unlocking bonus rounds whenever you want for instant thrills.
TaDa Gaming, has added to its renowned TriLuck series with a classic Chinese themed slot game, 3 Lucky Baozhu. Offering multiple ways to win, 1000x max and 97% RTP, this gorgeously colourful game sparkles and crackles with fortune and good luck. The five reels, three rows, 50 fixed paylines grid holds traditional symbols including Caishen god of wealth, lucky red envelopes, lanterns and musical instruments.
Spinomenal has released Demi Gods VII Ultra Mode as part of its hugely successful Demi Gods Series. This is a 5×4 reel 50 lines video slot that takes players on an epic journey through the realm of the immortals, where financial fate rests with the gods. A powerful, surging soundtrack amplifies the gameplay and makes for a thunderous reels experience.
Endorphina has released its newest Halloween title, 3 Witch Pots. The slot features 5 reels, 4 rows, and 40 fixed paylines. This Halloween addition to the Endorphina slots portfolio takes players on a mystical journey to help a skillful witch’s lair.
Witness the downfall of John, a man of order, a devoted father, a loyal husband and a pillar of routine. Nolimit City’s latest release, Disorder, unearths the twisted origin story of Mental and Mental II. This highly anticipated slot falls under the extreme themed category of Nolimit City slots such as Serial and Disturbed.
BGaming invites players to saddle up and head to the Wild West in the brand-new Wild Wick online slot. The game is the latest to be developed in collaboration with Strmlytics, a leader in live-streaming data analytics. Wild Wick introduces players to a charismatic bounty hunter inspired by classic Western Heroes from Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name and Terence Hill’s Lucky Luke to the animated cowboys of the Soviet cartoon Treasure Island.
Stakelogic is closing out spooky season in style with Soul Slayer, a gripping slot experience where every spin becomes a battle for survival. Set in a world consumed by demonic forces, Soul Slayer challenges players to embrace their inner warrior and strike back with precision, fury, and Wild-filled rewards.
Red Rake Gaming presents Get the Coins!, a slot that combines gold coins with Major, Minor, and Grand prizes in a dynamic, fast-paced experience. This release offers rapid gameplay and an exclusive Mini-Game that delivers unique reward opportunities in every session. With its 3×3 reel format, each spin can generate coins and trigger the “Get the Coins!” Mini-Game with collectible coins whenever at least one coin appears on each reel.
Spinmatic announced the launch of Elemental Fusion, a revolutionary title that fuses the mechanics of Video Slots with the engaging features of Plinko games. This innovative product release highlights Spinmatic’s commitment to developing unique and compelling gaming experiences for the igaming market.
Amusnet has released 20 Golden Coins: Reel Fishing, a next-generation video slot that combines the charm of the game classics with the thrill of modernity. This 5-reel, 20-payline release brings the joy of fishing to life with vibrant visuals, engaging features and a soundtrack that fully immerses players in a sunny day by the water.
Evoplay has launched Sky Sentinels, a new slot that lets players decide their fate under the Egyptian sky. Every spin offers a choice between the Sun and the Moon. The radiant Sun guides wins from right to left, while the mysterious Moon moves them from left to right, each creating a unique way to play and win.
Million Games has announced the launch of Gatsby Gold, a 5×3, 243-ways video slot that combines the elegance of 1920s art deco with dynamic modern gameplay. The game offers 243 ways to win, a 96.3% RTP, and a maximum payout of 8,100x the bet, making it as rewarding as it is stylish.
Evoplay has launched Young Deer Song, a festive high-volatility slot that takes players deep into a mystical forest where nature’s creatures lead the way to great rewards. As the moon rises over the treetops, the reels come alive in this Christmas themed title with the fox, owl, raccoon, and wolf, each carrying their own charm and fortune.
Take to the skies and soar like an eagle, then swoop in and grab big wins by spinning the reels of Thunder Eagle Hold and Win Extreme from Booming Games. This action-packed, feature-filled slot is a wild adventure with a chance to win up to 10,000x. Thunder Eagle Hold and Win Extreme is a 5×3, 25-fixed payline slot.
Squid Gold X2 by 18Peaches invites players to dive deep into a world of mystery, magic and forgotten riches. Set within a sacred castle filled with ancient relics and hidden chambers, every spin feels like a step deeper into the unknown. The legendary golden squid is said to guard untold fortunes, and only the bravest adventurers will uncover its secrets.
With Swintt having already opened the way to a world of wonder in the original Lucky Fortune Door, this month the award-winning software provider is back in action again with Lucky Fortune Door Wild – an exciting reboot that gives players even more ways to win! Like its SwinttPremium predecessor, Lucky Fortune Door Wild is a five-reel slot that can be played with either five or ten paylines.
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