VERO BEACH, FL — October 7, 2014 — SpectorSoft, a leader in the user activity monitoring and analysis market, today announced a connector for Splunk Enterprise from Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence with more than 7,900 customers, including more than half of the Fortune 100. The new connector enables Spector 360 to deliver user activity data and alerts to Splunk implementations so IT security operations teams can rapidly detect and deter insider threats including security breaches, data theft and fraud. Joint customers gain greater visibility into potential insider threats with rapid correlation of computer and network activity data with employee activity data within the Splunk console.

This is especially crucial now, because insider threats are on the rise. Our recent SpectorSoft 2014 Insider Threat Survey revealed that approximately 65 percent of IT respondents reported they had experienced an insider attack, but with an estimated 75 percent of all insider crimes going unnoticed, a large majority of organizations likely have been affected. Insider threats are notoriously difficult to detect, but Spector 360 helps Splunk users identify the subtle human behavioral patterns that indicate improper use of authorized access—from phrases used in email to the moving of IP to a personal cloud—and initiate further investigation or immediate action. Spector 360 brings visibility into user actions performed within applications, behind encryption or on cloud-based solutions.

Spector 360 empowers IT security teams to detect insider threat activity because it flows detected indicators to Splunk as event alerts. If an alert warrants a closer look, Splunk adminstrators can quickly review activity in context by checking the Spector 360 database for details on user or group activity and then take appropriate action.

“Insider threats are not easy to detect, as they involve individuals that have been granted proper access but use that access improperly. By including user activity data and alerts from Spector 360 in Splunk implementations, our customers can reduce the risk of security breaches, data theft and Fraud,” said Mike Tierney, COO of SpectorSoft. “This adds a dimension of analysis that enables data from computer and network activity to be correlated with employee activity data, providing a level of insight that is unprecendented in the industry and ultimately protects a company‘s valuable assets.”

The Spector 360 connector for Splunk Enterprise is generally available and can be downloaded here: http://apps.splunk.com/app/1768/

SpectorSoft is a Level 3 sponsor of the Fifth Annual Splunk Worldwide Users’ Conference .conf2014 being held October 6–9 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. .conf2014 features more than 150 sessions, including more than 70 customer presentations and is expected to attract more than 4,000 IT and business professionals. SpectorSoft will be in booth A3.

VERO BEACH, FL — Sept. 24, 2014 — SpectorSoft™, a leader in the user activity monitoring and analysis market, today announced availability of SpectorSoft FREE Disk Monitor™, a set of capabilities formerly only available for purchase within the proven SpectorSoft Server Manager software product. SpectorSoft FREE Disk Monitor provides small IT teams a convenient dashboard for monitoring disk space and ensuring resource availability across all their network storage resources. The software comprises a comprehensive set of disk monitoring and file utilization features not found in other free products.

While the complexity of disk monitoring has increased during the past few years, so have other business-critical demands on scarce and expensive skilled IT personnel, who are expected to manage all aspects of a fast-changing environment and keep systems running seamlessly. Effective utilization of resources is key in every department within an organization. Ensuring proper management of disk space is critical to a business continuity plan. Running out of disk space can result in a loss of services, unproductive users, and potentially corrupt data. FREE Disk Monitor provides one convenient place to monitor the entire network storage resources.

Product Details

SpectorSoft FREE Disk Monitor tracks disk space and utilization, directory and file sizes, temp file information, and file and folder permissions to protect data and ensure storage availability. A single easy-to-navigate dashboard displays all critical disk resources information, including:

• Free disk space
• Utilization
• Smart predictive failure notifications
• Directory size
• Large or temporary files
• Access permissions
• File extension breakdown
• Active or idle files

Users can view disk monitoring information in real time on a dashboard, receive scheduled email notifications, and also post the data to an Intranet web server or write it to a SQL database.

About Server Manager

SpectorSoft Server Manager™ offers server monitoring and event log management scalable for large enterprises or small businesses, while remaining extremely cost-effective. Customers can proactively monitor and manage the performance and traffic on the network, while fulfilling HIPAA, PCI DSS and SOX compliance requirements. The client/server architecture enables users to manage the network and receive desktop notification from any location.

Free Availability

Previously, organizations could only get Disk Monitoring capabilities by purchasing them as part of the SpectorSoft Server Manager product. To get FREE Disk Monitor, users can now download and install a trial of Server Manager that will last for 30 days. Once the trial expires, users enter the license for FREE Disk Monitor to receive unlimited ongoing disk monitoring functionality.

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VERO BEACH, FLA.—August 21, 2014—SpectorSoft, the leading provider of insider threat detection solutions, today announced the results of a survey of 355 IT professionals regarding their experiences with the prevention and detection of insider threats within their organizations. The survey revealed an overwhelming majority of organizations are unable to detect or deter insider threats, leaving them vulnerable to fraud, data breaches and IP theft. Sixty one percent of respondents said they do not have the ability to deter an insider threat. Another 59 percent admitted they do not have the ability to detect an insider threat, while, 75 percent stated that they do not have the ability to detail the human behavioral activities of an insider threat. These last two statistics are surprising since insider threats originate from some type of human criminal behavior.

Even more alarming, 61 percent of respondents do not believe they are adequately prepared to respond to insider threats.
The nature of insider threats—an authorized person misusing his or her authorization—makes it difficult to detect such attacks and protect against them. While the percentage of insider threats has stayed broadly consistent in the last ten years, the total number of such attacks has increased dramatically, resulting in $2.9 trillion in employee fraud losses globally per year. In the U.S. alone, the most recent year on record, organizations suffered $40 billion in losses due to employee theft and fraud—but chances are that even more fraud went undetected.*

Evidence suggests that just 10 percent of employees account for 95 percent of incidents, which indicates that the vast majority of employees are trustworthy. But it’s hard to know who these employees are and how to prevent threats, especially because, according to the 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, “most insider misuse occurs within the boundaries of trust necessary to perform normal duties.”

The Verizon report also laid out interesting statistics related to insider threats. According to the report, some of the top industries facing insider threats are real estate, transportation and manufacturing. However, all industries are at risk if they do not have the proper precautions in place. Insider espionage targeting internal data and trade secrets is becoming a bigger issue, with more and more companies having their sensitive data exposed as a result of not being in a position to deter, detect and detail malicious behavior. Privilege abuse, unapproved hardware/software (BYOD), email misuse and data mishandling are some of the behaviors putting companies at risk, the report concluded.

Key Inhibitors

In correlation with these statistics, the results of the SpectorSoft survey reveal that organizations are facing a number of obstacles when it comes to dealing with insider threats. The number-one inhibitor cited was a lack of available technology solutions, with 55 percent of respondents choosing that option. Half of the respondents claimed not to have the budget needed to support such initiatives, and about a third of respondents stated that a lack of staffing prevented them from being adequately prepared to respond to insider threats. A lack of internal staff and training was also mentioned as a big challenge (36 percent).

Key Motivators

Nearly half (49 percent) of respondents believe that detecting insider threat behavior is most important to their organization in terms of prevention. Deterring insider threat behavior was cited as the second biggest priority (41 percent), and detailing insider threat human behavior lagged behind at 10 percent. When responding to insider threats, the majority (69 percent) believe a prevention-centered approach is most important, whereas 31 percent believe a detection-centered approach is most important.

“These statistics paint a bleak picture when it comes to securing company data against insider threats,” stated Rob Williams, chief marketing officer at SpectorSoft. “With so many data breaches happening, C-level executives are coming to the realization that their jobs could be on the line if company data isn’t protected. Proper defense must include a comprehensive security solution, and with humans involved, education is just as key. The market is ripe for a new approach to internal security.”

Survey Methodology

Survey respondents were IT security professionals within organizations conducting business in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. The organizations ranged in size from SMBs to enterprises, and respondent job titles ranged from IT to specific security-focused roles.

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** Source: 2013 US State of Cybercrime Survey, CSO Magazine, U.S. Secret Service, Software Engineering Institute CERT Program at Carnegie Mellon University and Price Waterhouse Cooper, June 2013.