INSIDER THREAT : THE ENEMY WITHININSIDER THREAT: THE ENEMY WITHIN 2 Another buzzword, hooray! We get it. “New threats” can be met with skepticism. Unfortunately, this one is very real, and sarcasm won’t help fight it. So let’s get a little more analytical. It’s a fact: malicious insiders are a growing problem. According to Crowd Research Partners’ 2018 Insider Threat Report (worth checking out), 53% of respondents confirmed they suffered an insider attack in the previous 12 months and a whopping 90% of them feel vulnerable to this threat. Root causes, you ask? Respondents ranked “excessive access privileges” as the main enabler. Naturally, their most common defense tactics ought to be access hygiene and lateral movement prevention, right? Wrong. Perimeter and data-centric protection

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