Insider Risk Detection 101: Mitigating Unintentional Insider Threats
DTEX, Thursday, May 4,2023
According to the Ponemon Institute's 2022 Cost of Insider Threats Global study, the overall number of insider threat incidents jumped by 44% in the past two years, with non-malicious insiders driving 56% of incidents that cost organizations an average of $484,931 per incident.
In today's increasingly digital and distributed workforce, identifying and responding to insider threats isn't enough - enterprises need to take a more proactive approach to insider risk management to mitigate unintentional insider threats before they occur.
Every insider threat starts as an insider risk, but not every insider risk is a threat. All employees are capable of introducing risk to an organization - from the C-suite to managers to contractors and more. Proactive insider risk detection requires a deeper understanding of the differences in the way malicious and non-malicious users interact with data in order to disrupt potential threats before any significant damage occurs.