May 2020 www.securonix.com 2020 Securonix Insider Threat Report Highlights of behaviors, detection techniques, and key takeaways from the field Shareth Ben Director of Insider Threat & Cyber Threat Analytics, Securonix Amruta Bhat Security Analyst, Securonixwww.securonix.com 2 Executive Summary • The exfiltration of data deemed sensitive continues to be the most common insider threat caused by employees and contractors, followed by privileged account abuse, in several organizations. • The exfiltration of sensitive data over email continues to be the #1 egress vector, followed by web uploads to cloud storage sites. • An employee or contractor had been identified as a flight risk in about 60% of the incidents detected. What is a flight risk? An employee who is about to termi

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