September marks the beginning of Insider Threat Awareness Month 2020. Enterprises can’t ignore that some of the most pressing threats to their digital IT infrastructure might not come from without but from within. Whether it stems from actual malice or from simple ignorance, employees and third-parties could cause data breaches, data leaks, or business disruptions just as easily as any hacker.
In fact, behavior-based security analytics provider Gurucul over 70 percent of all enterprises possess a vulnerability to insider threats. 40 percent of enterprise respondents said they can’t detect either an insider threat during or after it moves data outside the network. Another report from SolarWinds found nearly 62 percent of enterprise IT and non-IT-respondents cite user errors as their top cybersecurity insider threat.
To recognize Insider Threat Awareness Month 2020, we consulted with security experts from around the world. Here’s what they had to say.
Insider Threat Awareness Month 2020: The Experts Comment
Orion Cassetto
Orion Cassetto is Director of Product Marketing at Exabeam.
“Especially now, as entire workforces remain in remote working conditions, the danger of insider threats is as unmistakable as ever. It is critical for businesses to recognize that this form of threat from legitimate users has always been more elusive and harder to detect or prevent tha ..
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