The now-public whistleblower allegations that Twitter may have active foreign spies on its payroll are sure to raise concerns about insider threats at companies everywhere. But focusing only on potential spies is a mistake.
While we often think about malicious users when we speak of insider threats, the "real" problem lies with users that may unintentionally be putting their organizations at risk. This includes users that get phished, bypass controls for convenience or efficiency, and connect their own devices to the corporate networks.
It’s beyond time to ask an uncomfortable question: are your employees your biggest defense or greatest vulnerability against insider threats? How well you defend your data depends on getting this question right.
By protecting machine-to-machine communication using machine identity protection, you can help stop many insider threats and a wide variety of other security threats, before they can damage your network and your company as a whole.
Two-thirds of breaches are inside jobs. Yet, insider threat programs account for less than 10% of the budget. Are enterprise cybersecurity efforts properly prioritized?
Recent Imperva survey found that nearly half of security professionals said they could implement an insider attack if they wished to. Insider threats remains one of the top cybersecurity threats to businesses.
Over 70% of executives believe their organizations have experienced accidental internal data breaches within the past five years, how can you protect your business from these threats?
Insider threats are on the rise. What's worse, these threats often fly under the radar for months before they're caught. To prevent an insider threat is to proactively identify and mitigate insider risks. Data and user monitoring tools can be critical by revealing how insiders use data in real-world workflows.
User activity monitoring and insider threat detection is evolving to get ahead of the ever increasing threat to user data. Providing advanced analytics, insightful intelligence, and effective response mechanisms, it addresses three critical components of data security in 2019.
Organizations can implement an insider threat solution with good intentions and all in the interest of heightening security posture. But improper implementation can cause the loss of an employee’s drive just as quickly as a potential nefarious opportunity that outweighs the cost.
