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Security professionals need to stop thinking about cybersecurity threats as being internally or externally focused and understand that the two forms of attack are intrinsically related, a cybersecurity expert has advised in the wake of survey findings suggesting Australian executives see internal threats as the biggest perceived threat to information security.
A recent straw poll, conducted by security consultancy Content Security amongst attendees at AISA’s recent Australian Cyber Conference 2018, found that 29 percent of respondents believe internal threats will be the biggest attack threat through the end of 2019.
That was well ahead of those concerned about privileged account exploitation (20 percent), ransomware (18 percent), and zero-day threats (17 percent) – but CEO and co-founder Louis Abdilla warned that categorising the threats risks glossing over the interconnectedness of those threats.
“In today’s security landscape, the distinction between inside and outside cyber threat no longer…
