SolarWinds has released findings from a new IDC® White Paper, Affordable Tools and Shared Responsibilities Define Midmarket IT Security Trends, sponsored by SolarWinds. The white paper is based on a survey of both IT and non-IT respondents on their organization’s cybersecurity practices to explore the threat landscape — revealing that organizations are prioritizing security in terms of budget and tool adoption but are vulnerable to even greater risks that exist within their organizations. 

Specifically, nearly 62% of survey respondents cited user errors as the top cybersecurity threat within the company, claiming that user mistakes contributed to the largest attack exposure. Of these insider threats, more than half of survey respondents reported that regular employees (rather than executives or those with privileged access) pose the biggest risk for insider abuse or misuse.