Accidental insider threats can cost your business millions of dollars. Here’s how to prevent them.
Accidental insider threats pose significant financial risks to businesses. Rocky Giglio, director of security go-to-market & solutions at SADA, explores the impact of such threats, provides examples, and offers mitigation strategies to prevent them.
Although the motivations for malicious actors vary from espionage, personal financial gain, or even outright spite, one of the most common (and commonly overlooked) forms of insider threats is the accidental one. Humans are frequently referred to as both the strongest and weakest component of a company’s cybersecurity program, and rightfully so – with proper education, enablement, and encouragement, employees can develop a “security first” mindset to help them protect business assets. However, humans are…well, human; and employees (also known as “insider threats”) must be calculated as a part of any company’s threat model. The complexity of risk mitigation around these insider threats – and the financial risks associated with ignoring them – pose a unique set of problems for executives and security…
