What Is An Insider Threat?

What Is An Insider Threat?

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What is an insider threat? An insider threat is a cyber security risk introduced by an individual with access to a company’s systems and data. Insider threats can arise from anyone with authorized access to a company’s underlying network and applications, such as employees, partners, vendors, interns, suppliers, or contractors ... Read More
Woman putting a intellectual property stamp on document.

What is Intellectual Property Theft?

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In a digital era where intangible assets often hold more value than tangible ones, intellectual property theft (also known as IP theft) emerges as a significant challenge. Virtual assets like product designs, source code, and other trade secrets play a vital role in the economic success of a business, and ... Read More
Axios Confirms Employee Surveillance Doesn’t Have a Place in Insider Risk Management

Axios Confirms Employee Surveillance Doesn’t Have a Place in Insider Risk Management

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A recent Axios report showed that over half of tech workers would resign if their company were to track employee productivity. The survey addressed the various ways companies have started to monitor their employees. In the frenzied shift to remote work in 2019, many companies turned to invasive surveillance to ... Read More
Axios Confirms Employee Surveillance Doesn’t Have a Place in Insider Risk Management

Axios Confirms Employee Surveillance Doesn’t Have a Place in Insider Risk Management

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A recent Axios report showed that over half of tech workers would resign if their company were to track employee productivity. The survey addressed the various ways companies have started to monitor their employees. In the frenzied shift to remote work in 2019, many companies turned to invasive surveillance to ... Read More
Employee exfiltrating data from their company laptop.

What is Data Exfiltration?

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Table of Contents Data exfiltration refers to the unauthorized transfer of sensitive information, such as personal data, financial records, or intellectual property, from a computer or network. This can occur through accidental leakage by employees or through malicious insiders who intentionally leak data to unsafe locations. Alarmingly, since 2021, there ... Read More
A Year in Review – Top 6 Insider Risk Stories of 2021

A Year in Review – Top 6 Insider Risk Stories of 2021

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Happy New Year! 2021 started with the presidential pardoning of one of the most high-profile insider threat actors of our time – Anthony Levandowski – and culminated with the Log4j vulnerability that affected millions. Suffice it to say, 2021 was a memorable year for security teams. Continued development of the ... Read More
A Year in Review – Top 6 Insider Risk Stories of 2021

A Year in Review – Top 6 Insider Risk Stories of 2021

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Happy New Year! 2021 started with the presidential pardoning of one of the most high-profile insider threat actors of our time – Anthony Levandowski – and culminated with the Log4j vulnerability that affected millions. Suffice it to say, 2021 was a memorable year for security teams. Continued development of the ... Read More
Addressing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) With Your Insider Risk Program

Addressing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) With Your Insider Risk Program

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In our previous post, we provided an overview of CMMC and how it relates to DoD contractors. In this post we dive deeper into controlled unclassified information (CUI), one of the primary data types CMMC is designed to protect. What is controlled unclassified information (CUI)? Controlled unclassified information (CUI) is ... Read More
Addressing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) with Your Insider Risk Program

Addressing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) with Your Insider Risk Program

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In our previous post, we provided an overview of CMMC and how it relates to DoD contractors. In this post we dive deeper into controlled unclassified information (CUI), one of the primary data types CMMC is designed to protect. What is controlled unclassified information (CUI)? Controlled unclassified information (CUI) is ... Read More
Insider Risk: Are You Treating Javelins Like Rockets?

Insider Risk: Are You Treating Javelins Like Rockets?

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It’s not the gentlest wake-up you’ve ever experienced. The sergeant’s muffled shouting, the siren’s wailing. You grab your pants and shove your legs into them, before sprinting out the door. This is it. In the hallway, people are leaping in and out of doors, arms flailing. Everything’s flashing red.  Someone ... Read More