The insiders

It could be anybody

The insider threat is real — with more companies throwing more money at internal security controls, network monitoring and employee awareness. Chances are that sooner or later your company will face a malicious attack or exploitation from one of your own, and it could be anybody.

Malicious insiders come in all shapes, sizes and pay grades — from the office intern smuggling trade secrets onto a USB device to an outgoing chief executive sharing your company's plans with competitors. The data-driven world provides a big playing field for hackers, crackers, social engineering professionals and con artists.

Why the perimeter does not see it

To be fair, a majority of cybercrime, malware and other malicious attacks originate from outside company walls. However, insiders play a very big part in letting the outsiders succeed.

The insiders are trained, paid, and given legitimate physical and logical access to the information assets of the organisation. Unless they are discovered or caught in the act, it takes an average of 265 days to catch an insider.

Digital Assure Limited, in partnership with Dtex Systems, UK, brings decision makers who want to curb the menace of insider threats the solution to insider abuse.