An insider threat is a security risk originating from an employee or authorized user. Learn the different insider threat types and how to protect your organization against them.
Malicious Insider Threat Indicators Anomalous activity at the network level could indicate an inside threat. Likewise, if an employee appears to be dissatisfied or holds a grudge, or if an employee starts to take on more tasks with excessive enthusiasm, this could be an indication of foul play....
Learn how to defend your organization from insider activity, including the risk of employees with authorized access intentionally or unintentionally causing a data security incident.
Brennan Weiss
function for preventing insider attacks is identity lifecycle management. Limiting the permissions of a departing disgruntled employee or immediately decommissioning accounts of users who have left the company are examples of identity lifecycle management actions that can reduce the risk of insider threats....
Access to information unrelated to their job function: If an employee attempts to access data not pertinent to their role, it could be a sign of an insider threat. Renamed files where the file extension doesn’t match the content: Malicious insiders may try to maskdata exfiltrationby renaming...
With the integrated Microsoft Defender XDR solution, security professionals can stitch together the threat signals that each of these products receive and determine the full scope and impact of the threat; how it entered the environment, what it's affected, and how it's currently impacting the ...
With the integrated Microsoft Defender XDR solution, security professionals can stitch together the threat signals that each of these products receive and determine the full scope and impact of the threat; how it entered the environment, what it's affected, and how it's currently impacting the ...
For example, some programs need to do regular cloud lookups for updates and information, and if the firewall keeps notifying you every time the program tries to communicate with the web, it is going to be a hassle. This is when you can create a whitelist entry in your firewall so that...
NIST Special Publication 800-53 establishes an information security standard for the federal government.