Organizations must maintain control over sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access or file modifications. File activity monitoring software gives organizations the visibility and control they need to mitigate the risks of data breaches, insider threats, and compliance violations. These solutions provide valuable insights into who is accessing files, their actions, and when these activities are taking place.

Businesses face myriad cyber security risks, from phishing to unauthorized access of proprietary information. While restricting access rights and maintaining strict security measures can help, potential insider threats are always a risk. Organizations must effectively monitor for signs of insider threats to prevent financial loss or compromising critical assets.

Organizations must navigate myriad security threats. While many cyber threats come from malicious actors outside the organization, insider threats can be even more devastating to a business. Insider threat prevention should be a top priority for security teams. But what are these cyber attacks, and what do they teach us about how to protect critical assets? Here, we examine several real-world examples of insider threats at major organizations and what those organizations did to remediate the threat.

Both Veriato and Teramind offer user activity monitoring, user behavior analytics, employee productivity, insider threat detection, and cybersecurity solutions. However, Teramind offers more features, such as advanced endpoint data protection, comprehensive employee monitoring, user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), a wide range of insider threat detection solutions, and business process optimization (BPO).

Effective employee monitoring is essential for maintaining productivity and security, especially in heavily regulated industries like finance, government, and healthcare. That’s why at Ekran System we are continuously working to enhance our product’s monitoring functionality. Now Ekran System is introducing new informative and user-friendly dashboards that will help you streamline your insider threat prevention and productivity management efforts.

Businesses face myriad cybersecurity risks, from phishing to unauthorized access of proprietary information. While restricting access rights and maintaining strict security measures can help, potential insider threats are always a risk. Organizations must effectively monitor for signs of insider threats to prevent financial loss or the compromise of critical assets.

New data shows organizations are well aware that their users are one of their greatest cybersecurity risks today, and yet aren’t taking the right steps to remediate the risk. KnowBe4 exists and continues to thrive because the human threat surface is far and wide. Email, text, web surfing, phone calls and crafty combinations therein all create somewhat unique attacks. In each of these instances, the user is relying on technology to stop the threat before the attack gets to them.

As many organizations have transitioned to hybrid and remote work models, employee monitoring is rapidly gaining momentum. While organizations may have the right to monitor employee activity to ensure productivity, security, and compliance, they must do so ethically and responsibly. Taking appropriate measures to protect collected data is essential when fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and mutual respect between employees and management.

Cybersecurity threats loom large over businesses across various sectors. Cyberattacks may lead to data breaches, operational disruptions, monetary loss, reputational loss, and other negative impacts. The first step to preventing cyberattacks is identifying possible threats. The list of threats mainly depends on your industry and the types of data you store.

According to Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, 19% of the threats organizations face are internal. When organizations don’t take the necessary steps to prevent internal misuse of credentials and human errors, their chances of suffering an insider threat are greater. A few ways organizations can prevent insider threats are by using threat modeling, implementing the principle of least privilege, using strict access controls and deleting accounts when employees leave.