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Insider Threats – Unintentional Negligent Habits are Risky Business

Insider Threats – Unintentional Negligent Habits are Risky Business

Created: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 17:04
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Cybersecurity

Undesirable habits of employees - including those of tele-workers, lack of physical document security, and inappropriate use of mobile devices are common factors contributing to the insider threat problem facing all organizations. Help Net Security posted interesting results regarding employee negligence from the Shred-It 2018 North America State of the Industry report. According to the report, 84% of C-Suites identify employee negligence as their biggest information security risk. Insider threats are not always malicious, unawareness or lack of intentionality in protecting corporate assets is more often the culprit placing our businesses at great risk. Help Net Security.