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74% report AI is making insider threats more effective, and 53% expect insider threats to increase.
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Fidelis Deception: Enterprise Insider Threat Solution
Insider threats drain organizational budgets by $17.4 million annually on average, with over 80% of companies experiencing at least one insider-related incident in the past year. Existing insider threat solutions deliver inadequate protection because of excessive false positives, sluggish threat detection, and weak intelligence gathering capabilities.
10 Information Security Policies Every Organization Should Implement
Creating and implementing information security policies (ISPs) may seem like a formality to some. However, ISPs form the backbone of your data security posture. Information security policies and procedures can help you prevent data breaches, legal penalties, and financial losses by defining what’s allowed within your organization and what’s not. Developing an efficient security policy can seem like a lengthy and daunting task.
How Employee Monitoring Strengthens Data Protection in 2025
The average cost of a data breach has reached $4.45 million globally (IBM, 2023). While most organizations invest heavily in firewalls, endpoint protection, and network monitoring, those defenses focus almost entirely on keeping threats out. The reality is different: over 70% of breaches involve human error or misuse. That means many of the most serious risks are already inside your systems. This is where employee monitoring data protection strategies make a difference.
How to Hack a Cloud: Insider Threat
In this episode of How to Hack a Cloud: Insider Threat, discover how standing administrative access in AWS can be exploited by a disgruntled employee. Follow Michael Scott’s story as he misuses his S3 admin privileges to silently delete critical data, leaving the company blindsided. Learn how CyberArk Secure Cloud Access enforces Zero Standing Privileges, ensuring time-bound, need-based access to prevent such malicious activity—all while maintaining seamless workflows for legitimate tasks. See how this solution strengthens identity security across multi-cloud environments.
How Banks and Financial Institutions Can Effectively Manage Third-Party Vendor Risks
While financial institutions enjoy many benefits from cooperating with third-party service providers, this cooperation also raises significant concerns regarding the security of the data and resources these vendors have access to. In this article, we discuss why financial institutions hire independent contractors and what cybersecurity risks this cooperation entails. We also explore how building a third-party vendor risk management program can help you mitigate these risks.
What Is an Insider Threat?
In 2024, the average cost of an insider threat incident reached $17.4 million. When you consider that these types of incidents happen daily, it becomes clear that we’re facing a frequent and expensive danger. So, what is an insider threat? Today, it means much more than a data leak; it’s a strategic vulnerability that can disrupt business continuity.
What is an Insider Threat?
Insider threats are one of the most underestimated cybersecurity risks facing organizations today—and they’re coming from the inside. In this video, we break down exactly what insider threats are, the different types (including malicious, negligent, and compromised insiders), and why they’re so hard to detect. You’ll also hear about real-world examples like Edward Snowden and the Capital One breach, and learn how businesses can protect themselves with practical, real-world strategies.
Beyond the Perimeter: Rethinking Security from the Inside Out
While external cyberattacks dominate headlines, internal threats have quietly become more pervasive and expensive. A staggering 76% of organizations report an increase in frequency of insider attacks over the past year (Cybersecurity Insiders, 2024). In some cases, these aren’t rogue employees; instead, they’re often well-intentioned staff making preventable mistakes, or individuals showing signs of burnout, disengagement, or quiet quitting.
Insider Threat Program: A Step-by-Step Guide
According to Cybersecurity Insiders’ 2024 Insider Threat Report, 83% of organizations reported at least one insider attack from 2023-2024. Insider threat management is a crucial practice for organizations aiming to protect their sensitive information, systems, and operations from insider risks.