Real-time web and mobile event analytics tools, such as the DetACT solution pictured above from the Delft, Netherlands-based Fox-IT, can help fight insider fraud.

Keeping pace with cybersecurity has never been more difficult for credit unions. And while many successfully mitigate external attacks, the most serious threats now may come from inside the organization.

As breaches continue to cause significant financial damage to organizations, security strategies are shifting from the traditional perimeter defenses to developing a holistic understanding of what is causing the damage and where organizations are exposed, Dr. Eric Cole, fellow at the Bethesda, Md.-based SANS Institute, revealed in a SANS Survey titled "Insider Threats and the Need for Fast and Directed Response."

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Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).