Anatomy of Insider Risk: Why You Could Be Your Worst Enemy
While organizations today are typically aware of the problems they face inside the firewall, the focus tends to be on malicious thieves and disgruntled employees, as opposed to the more common insider threat: well-meaning, but negligent, insiders. This white paper provides you with the four steps you need to minimise the risk from your well-meaning but negligent insiders.
While a recent study of 2009 data breaches found that negligent insiders were the leading cause of breaches – responsible for 40% of all breaches – the majority of organisations do nothing to combat the risk. In fact, a recent study of nearly 2000 IT leaders showed that only 26% have measures in place to mitigate the insider risk.
In this white paper, you will learn:
- The insider’s role in today’s breaches
- Statistics showing the frequency and costs of malicious insider attacks versus negligent insider attacks
- How and why insiders are damaging their organisations
- Insider threat vectors and how they are exploited
And most importantly,
What you can do to avoid the high costs of data breaches
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