Insider threats continue to be a significant source of focus for security teams at organizations large and small. While cyber hygiene and security training awareness are very important, an ‘Assume Breach’ approach and trying to identify, detect and mitigate insider attacks within the network is critical. A layered approach is the most effective way to protect both company and individual employees’ personal information.
We recently had a webinar where we were joined by special guests with a wealth of experience and knowledge of insider threats, and how they have evolved in recent years. In addition to Illusive Field CTO Wade Lance, we were honored to have Daniel N. Hoffman, retired CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer and three-time Station Chief, and Shawnee Delaney, former DIA Detachment Chief and CEO of Vaillance Group. They examined a portrait of the current insider, and how their evolving motivations are making insider attacks more dangerous and damaging to companies of all sizes. They also highlighted the increasingly blurry line between insider threats and nation-state actors or global crime syndicates – creating significantly higher levels of risk on a massive scale. ..read more!
