Security

Eager to protect your business from insider threats? Discover why real-time alerts are key to keeping your business same. Find out how Insightful's real-time alerts can safeguard your company.

Another day, another depressing tale of wide-open-by-design collaboration software from tech giants, that leads to easy exploitation by hackers. This time, it’s Microsoft Teams opening the door for phishing attackers to send federated Teams server messages to organizations who didn’t have sufficient paranoia to close the biggest open door ever into their internal communications.

It’s no secret that the need for secure communications is bigger than ever. Online threats are more sophisticated, and getting worse as bad actors leverage tools like generative AI. If you're not worried about how to protect your organization, then you haven’t been paying attention. From sensitive client data to proprietary information, unsecured communication is a large and attractive target.

Enterprise messaging and collaboration tools are central to how work gets done today. In many organizations, message channels and video calls are where the most sensitive business topics are discussed and proprietary data is exchanged. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Slack are popular, IT-supported collaboration platforms for larger organizations. Smaller organizations or independent teams often use Whatsapp or Discord as stand-ins. This type of communication isn’t optional.

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Moving to the cloud can provide many benefits, like efficiently scaling resources up or down based on needs. You also have the flexibility to change your use and save on costs. However, it introduces new security and legal challenges that companies must address. Managing security and compliance in the cloud takes time, processes, and tools focused on that task. This is where cloud management services can help.

Working on a software project with an agile methodology means delivering constant improvements in small increments. This translates to frequent changes on the product level (what the product offers, how the user experience works) and on the technical level (how it works under the hood). Organizations typically track these changes using a ticketing system, such as Atlassian Jira, where tickets describe what needs to be implemented.

This summer, the business world was rocked by the revelation that a hacker group NullBulge had compromised Disney's Slack communications tool and made off with 1TB+ of sensitive information on variety of topics, including 44 million messages, 18,800 spreadsheets, and 13,000 PDFs specific to Disney's strategy, finances, and operations.

As organisations grow and adopt hybrid work environments, there’s an increasing need to ensure data security and optimise workforce productivity. Two popular technologies often compared in this space are Employee Monitoring Software (EMS) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems. While both solutions aim to provide security and control, they cater to different aspects of business operations.

Enterprise-grade security is woven into every aspect of how users collaborate and get work done in Slack.