Case Study
SharePoint Exposure of Customer Data by Law firm – Human Error
Case Study
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When confronted by the IT team, the employee initially claimed to have returned the company USB, unaware that INSIGHT had logged his use of a personal USB as well.
INSIGHT flagged this suspicious activity, and an investigation confirmed that the data had indeed been transferred.
In response to this breach, the firm reconfigured INSIGHT to send high-priority alerts directly to both IT personnel and the individual users responsible for risky actions.
GuardWare INSIGHT’s data discovery scan detected the stored password file, prompting immediate deletion.
GuardWare ASSESSOR revealed stored customer data in log files on developers’ devices and in their AWS environment, as well as the unsafe sharing practices.
With INSIGHT, they can safely re-enable forum access, confident that any unauthorized source code postings will be promptly detected and addressed.
To address these concerns, the company deployed GuardWare INSIGHT’s productivity monitoring features to track work behaviors accurately.
Security discovered that an employee had used system roll-back during this period, in an attempt to remove the GuardWare INSIGHT Agent from the system.
GuardWare INSIGHT monitors and prevent unauthorized file uploads across cloud, web, email, and chat applications, ensuring their data stays secure and compliant.
GuardWare INSIGHT flagged the incident. The software’s AI detected the email forward to a personal account and scanned the attached file, identifying the sensitive content.
investigation with GuardWare INSIGHT revealed that users were frequently turning the VPN on and off. The university adjusted the configuration to ensure the VPN remains active at all times.
GuardWare INSIGHT showed that the data exfiltration occurred while the user was connected to the company’s Wi-Fi, proving the laptop was in his possession at the time.
