Legal industry at great risk from insider data breaches

A staggering 96% of IT leaders in the legal sector say insider breach risk is a significant concern, according to Egress. 77% think employees have put data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months and 78% think employees have put data at risk intenti… Continue reading Legal industry at great risk from insider data breaches

Exploring the risky behavior of IT security professionals

Almost 65% of the nearly 300 international cybersecurity professionals canvased by Gurucul at RSA Conference 2020 said they access documents that have nothing to do with their jobs. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of respondents who experienced bad performance r… Continue reading Exploring the risky behavior of IT security professionals

Inadvertent Insider Threats Present a Unique Challenge to Organizations

While we may imagine inadvertent insider threats as careless people clicking on dodgy emails, this image needs to be updated to include a wide variety of poor security hygiene behaviors.

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Cloud-based collaboration tools are a major driver of data exfiltration

Cloud-based collaboration technologies and workforce turnover have become major drivers of data exfiltration as insider threat programs fail to keep pace with today’s digital workplace, a Code42 survey reveals. Nearly 5,000 knowledge workers at compani… Continue reading Cloud-based collaboration tools are a major driver of data exfiltration

Organizations lack confidence in their network security

IoT is barreling toward the enterprise, but organizations remain highly vulnerable to IoT-based attacks, according to Extreme Networks. The report, which surveyed 540 IT professionals across industries in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, found … Continue reading Organizations lack confidence in their network security

97% of IT leaders worried about insider data breaches

A staggering 97% of IT leaders say insider breach risk is a significant concern, according to a survey by Egress. 78% think employees have put data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months and 75% think employees have put data at risk intentionally. … Continue reading 97% of IT leaders worried about insider data breaches

Gaining Insight Into the Ponemon Institute’s 2020 Cost of Insider Threats Report

In our release of the 2020 Cost of Insider Threats report, we cover details on the cost of insider threats by industry and the tools and activities that can help reduce the risk of insider threats.

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Five cyber risks that will define 2020

2019 was a bad year for data security. By virtually every metric, it was the worst ever. According to the Ponemon Institute’s 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach reached $3.92 million, the highest amount on record. At t… Continue reading Five cyber risks that will define 2020