Your Insider Threat Management Road map!

A EmpMonitor Your Insider Threat Management Road Map! Insider • A source of lethal security loss for any company and National security Interests Threat • A malicious threat to an organization that comes from people within the organization, such as employees, former employees, contractors, or business associates, who have inside information concerning the organization's security practices, data and computer systems. There are 3 types of insiders: • TurnCloak: Who maliciously and intentionally abuses legitimate credentials, typically to steal information for financial or personal incentives and are familiar with the security policies and procedures of an organization, as well as its vulnerabilities. • Pawns: Who unknowingly exposes the system_to outside threats. For example, an employee who intends no harm may click on an insecure link, infecting the system with malware. • Mole: This is someone from outside the organization who poses as an employee or partner. How to be secured? • Enforce your Company Policies and regulations • Educate your employees regarding security issues and work to improve employee satisfaction • Protect Important assets and Intellectual property, including customer data for vendors, proprietary software, schematics • Install Insider Threat Detecting Software like: 1) EmpMonitor 2) Toggl 3) Timely 4) FreshBooks How to Detect An Insider? You can control the unethical, inappropriate, illegal, or unauthorized actions and behavior of the people working in your organization. Such behavior includes: Confidentiality Violations Fraud Leakage/spillage of sensitive data IP (Intellectual Property) theft Insider trading Violations of Regulatory compliance SOURCES: https://empmonitor.com/blog/insider-threat- management/