More Cybersecurity Incidents Are Now Related To Insider Actions
Netwrix research finds CIOs are concerned
IRVINE, Calif. — Findings from the 2020 Netwrix Cyber Threats Report reveal cybersecurity risks related to insiders are now more common than external threat actors. In fact, since organizations went remote, four of the top six types of cybersecurity incidents they experienced were caused by internal users: accidental mistakes by admins (27%), accidental improper sharing of data by employees (26%), misconfiguration of cloud services (16%), and data theft by employees (14%).
Based on the findings, it is not surprising that 79% of CIOs worry that users are now more likely to ignore IT policies and thus pose a greater threat to security. Moreover, incidents related to inside actors were among the hardest for organizations to detect. For example, a significant portion of respondents needed weeks or months to detect data theft by employees (26%), improper employee data sharing (18%), and admin mistakes (12%).