The Insider Threat Level is here to keep you up-to-speed on the latest examples of insider threat incidents, trends, and best-practices, so that you’re better prepared for anything coming your way. This week, our feature story addresses Why Companies Fail to Recognize Insider Risks. It is a response to the Computer Weekly coverage of […] The post Insider Threat Level: Why Companies Fail to Recognize Insider Risks appeared first on ObserveIT.

  By now, no one is a stranger to the potential risks associated with the data leaks, data breaches, and cybersecurity incidents that are occurring with regular frequency. Day after day we’re bombarded with high-profile stories of affected organizations across a wide variety of industries, along with the people victimized. In light of the National […] The post (QUIZ) How Big of a Potential Insider Threat Are You? appeared first on ObserveIT.

  The key to detecting and stopping insider threat incidents from happening starts with understanding the people who are behind them. Who are they? What are their wants and needs? What problems do they face? If you can’t answer these basic questions, you are setting yourself (and your organization) up for failure. This is because […] The post 7 Ways to Better Understand the People Behind Insider Threat Incidents appeared first on ObserveIT.

  If it isn’t already, your cyber health should be on your mind as much as your physical health. (And in some situations, they are more interconnected than you’d like!) Whether you are at home, in town, on the beach, in the workplace, or somewhere in-between, our dependence on digital connections has made any potential […] The post Coachable Moments: Embracing Cybersecurity Best-Practices in Your Pajamas appeared first on ObserveIT.

  The Story So Far Data exfiltration is a really big problem for cybersecurity teams and executives in a wide variety of industries. In fact, 2 out of 3 insider threat incidents are caused by employee or contractor mistakes, which can lead to data breaches and exfiltration. The reason for this is that there are […] The post ObserveIT 7.6: Improving Insider Threat Data Exfiltration Visibility appeared first on ObserveIT.

  Ed Amoroso, CEO of cybersecurity firm Tag Cyber, recently posted a video of a 1944 U.S. Army Training Cartoon demonstrating the severe risk of insider threats during World War II. In the cartoon, a bumbling soldier tries repeatedly to exfiltrate sensitive information on the war (his and his platoon’s location) to his wife back […] The post What The Great Train Robbery Has to Do With Insider Threats appeared first on ObserveIT.

Big Brother is Watching You. You’ve likely heard this slogan before, featured heavily by the fictional surveillance state of Oceania in George Orwell’s infamous science fiction novel, 1984. In the novel, this slogan is used to constantly remind Oceania’s citizens that their government is monitoring them, and to stay in line, via various pieces of […] The post You Don’t Have to Be “Big Brother” to Manage Insider Threats appeared first on ObserveIT.

Your people are your biggest asset, but also your biggest risk. Do you have the ability to detect, investigate, and prevent a costly insider threat incident, or know how to recognize one when it occurs? The Insider Threat Level series is here to keep you up-to-speed on the numerous examples of insider threat incidents, trends, […] The post The Insider Threat Level: Prime Insider Threat Examples, and the Blame Game appeared first on ObserveIT.

When the digital safety of intellectual property is at risk to data loss (i.e. data exfiltration) and misuse, cybersecurity teams want to know three things: Can they detect potential problems How quickly and thoroughly can they investigate them Are there ways to prevent the problem from occurring (or growing) It seems like there should be […] The post Identifying the Data Loss Source of Risk appeared first on ObserveIT.

Amazon is actively investigating a series of potential insider threat incidents, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Per the report, employees in both the US and China are suspected of having accepted bribes in exchange for leaking company secrets, in an effort to help individual marketplace sellers game the system for profit. […] The post Amazon Data Leak Investigations a Prime Example of Financially Motivated Insider Threats appeared first on ObserveIT.