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Armadillo Managed Services announce partnership with Osirium
January 2013 by Marc Jacob
Armadillo Ltd. announced that it has entered into partnership with Osirium, a provider of Privileged Management solutions, to offer their customers a scalable solution to protect SysAdmin environments and simplify the complexities of system management by automating common tasks.
These organisations, many of which are very large, complex and heterogeneous, not only have to consider external threats but also need to deal with threats from within, and particularly from those with IT privileges.
Research from PWC in 2012 found that in large organisations (500+ employees) 82%[1] had insider related breaches, while Ponemon Institute research found that the average cost of a malicious insider attack was £120,000[2] and took 50 days to contain. CERT, a US government funded research and development center, have identified that just over 30%[3] of insider attacks look to sabotage IT networks, systems or data and technical staff are the perpetrators. CERT also highlighted the growing threat posed to organisations from granting service providers privileged access to their network, systems or information.
The Osirium solution effortlessly secures Enterprises, Cloud and Managed Service providers from insider threats and the trust management challenges of privileged user activities. Billions of corporate pounds are already being spent on closing off external security threats and yet it’s cyber-attacks from within an organisation, including outsourced 3rd party services, that actually poses the greatest threat to corporate risk and reputational damage.
[1] PWC: Information security breaches survey 2012 | Technical report | Apr 2012.
[2] Ponemon Institute: 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study: United Kingdom | Oct 2012.
[3] CERT: Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats | 4th Edition | Dec 2012.
