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Highly publicised insider data theft, such as the recent Morgan Stanley breach or Edward Snowden incident, highlight the increasing need for better security practices and solutions to reduce the risks posed by insider threats.

This report is the result of comprehensive crowd-based research in co-operation with the 260,000+ member Information Security Community on LinkedIn and Crowd Research Partners to gain more insight into the state of insider threats and solutions to prevent them.

Key findings:

• 62% of security professionals said insider threats have become more frequent in the past 12 months
• Privileged users, such as managers with access to sensitive information, pose the biggest insider threat to organisations
• 38% of survey respondents estimated data breach remediation costs to reach up to $500,000 per insider attack

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TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Posted:

Feb 8, 2021

Published:

Aug 18, 2015

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Research Content