Imperva recognizes that user behavior analysis is key to protecting against insider threats, but is not enough. We provide a stack of solutions that not only monitors how users move through the network, but also protects assets on a data level, ensuring that whatever amalicious insider touches,...
What is an insider threat? An insider threat is a risk to an organization's security stemming from someone associated with the organization, such as an employee, former employee, contractor, consultant, board member, or vendor. These threats can be malicious or accidental. For example, a Veri...
Malicious insider threats, also known as Turncloaks, are those who maliciously and intentionally abuse their privileged access to steal information or degrade systems for financial or personal incentives. For example, an individual who holds a grudge against a former employer, or an opportunistic empl...
Insider threats can be hard to detect, even using advanced security threat detection tools. This is likely due to the fact that an insider threat typically doesn't reveal itself until the moment of attack. Also, because the malicious actor looks like a legitimate user, it can be difficult to...
A cyber or cybersecurity threat is a malicious act that seeks to damage data, steal data, or disrupt digital life in general. Cyber threats include computer viruses, data breaches, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and other attack vectors. Cyber threats also refer to the possibility of a su...
A threat actor, also called a malicious actor or bad actor, is an entity that is partially or wholly responsible for an incidentthat affects -- or has the potential to affect -- an organization's security.Threat actors can be individuals working alone or groups of individuals working in conc...
Try BusinessRequest a Demo Definition of an insider threat CISAdefines an insider threat as “the potential for an insider to use their authorized access or understanding of an organization to harm that organization.” This can be malicious and intentional, or this can be accidental. ...
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Ransomware as a service (RaaS): With RaaS, threat actors can simply purchase malicious software from a provider, who takes a cut of the payout. The result is a broader and more decentralized network of ransomware attackers. Access brokers: A kind of mirror image to RaaS, access brokers give...
What is a threat actor? Threat actors, also known as cyberthreat actors or malicious actors, are individuals or groups that intentionally cause harm to digital devices or systems. Threat actors exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks and software to perpetuate various cyberattacks, ...