Almost one-quarter of respondents said their firm experienced an insider incident – either inadvertent or malicious misuse of data. Insider incidents can result in financial fraud, privacy abuses, intellectual property theft, or damage to infrastructure. Since insiders are people and entitled to privacy and due process, security pros must handle these incidents with greater care than external threats. Detecting insiders requires a defined process and a focused team in addition to detection technologies. Treating insiders as a technology problem ignores the human aspects of motivation and behavior.”]

