Most damaging threat vector for companies? Malicious insiders

[LASER_oneXM]

According to a new SANS survey, 40 percent of respondents rated malicious insiders (insiders who intentionally do harm) as the most damaging threat vector their companies faced. Furthermore, nearly half (49 percent) said they were in the process of developing a formal incident response plan with provisions to address insider threat. This further illustrates the urgency with which companies are moving to address this threat vector.

“We are encouraged to see organizations recognizing malicious insiders as the top threat vector, but we are not seeing the necessary steps taken to address it,” said Haystax CEO, Bryan Ware. “Existing tools aren’t smart enough, or don’t have the context needed to identify malicious insiders. What’s needed is contextually-smart, user behavior analytics that produce actionable intelligence for decision makers.”

 

[Fritz]

Not to forget the utmost damaging threat vector: dumb insiders w/o any harmful intention whatsoever.