
- Training on social engineering
- Defining how data can be transferred
- Deploying dedicated systems to perform engineering work without email or web access
- Training on social engineering
- Leveraging multi-factor authentication to control access to financial systems
- In 2015, 85% of vulnerabilities on Windows could have been mitigated by removing admin rights. Almost every vulnerability that would have resulted from users surfing the web using Internet Explorer – 99.5% -- could be mitigated by not running as an administrator.
- 12% of attacks are thwarted by not allowing unknown software from running from a user’s profile or anywhere.
- The remainder of attacks are thwarted by checking if trusted software, software that has been specifically allowed with known vulnerabilities, are restricted from running.
Rod Simmons, Director Product Management, BeyondTrust
Rod Simmons brings more than 15 years of system security experience to BeyondTrust, designing solutions for the company’s portfolio of Privileged Account Management solutions for enterprise environments. Prior to his role at BeyondTrust, Rod spent more than four years with Dell/Quest software, where he served as the director of technical strategy. Earlier in his career, Rod was the director of product management at Netpro Computing, where he managed the technical and business direction of all products for the Microsoft Platform.