The most damaging data breaches are from an internal source, be it an employee, contractor or temp worker. 50 percent of IT decision makers claim its harder to catch insider threats today than it was in 2011, according to a report by Vormetric and Enterprise Strategy Group. A disgruntled former employee armed with a few default passwords and how to externally access your systems can quickly cause havoc. Consultants represent risk for several reasons, including the expansion of contractors and remote workers and the infrastructure to support them.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/three-insiders-stealing-data-right-now/