Your Greatest Adversary Could Be an Insider Threat
Brief
Dealing with Malicious Insiders
According to a recent Ponemon Institute report, malicious insiders contribute to 26% of insider threats. An insider threat is malicious activity against an organization that comes from user credentials with legitimate access to an organization’s network, applications, or databases. These credentials can belong to anyone with access to the organization’s physical or digital assets: current employees, former employees, or third parties like partners, contractors, or temporary workers.
Detecting, investigating, and responding to threats from malicious insiders can help reduce the chance of a system compromise or a breach. In doing so, organizations can save substantial amounts of time investigating, save money resolving threats, and avoid the loss of brand reputation and customer trust associated with a breach.
