ping898
12-15-2006, 10:37 AM
An interesting article about the insider threat to a company
http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602853
They're one of the biggest security risks because of their knowledge and access. IT managers need to learn to identify and stop insider malcontents before they do some serious damage.
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Nearly two-thirds of the 616 security pros surveyed this year by the Computer (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Computer&x=&y=) Security Institute say insiders account for some portion of the financial losses their organizations experience because of breaches. Some 39% of respondents attribute (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=attribute&x=&y=) more than 20% of their organizations' financial losses to insider attacks, while 7% estimate that insiders account for a whopping 80% of financial losses.
Insiders aren't the most common security problem, but they can be among the most costly and the most damaging to a company's reputation. Insider attacks against IT infrastructure (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=infrastructure&x=&y=) are among the security breaches most feared by both government and corporate security pros, says Eric Shaw, a psychologist and former CIA intelligence officer who has studied insider threats the past decade.
http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602853
They're one of the biggest security risks because of their knowledge and access. IT managers need to learn to identify and stop insider malcontents before they do some serious damage.
......
Nearly two-thirds of the 616 security pros surveyed this year by the Computer (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Computer&x=&y=) Security Institute say insiders account for some portion of the financial losses their organizations experience because of breaches. Some 39% of respondents attribute (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=attribute&x=&y=) more than 20% of their organizations' financial losses to insider attacks, while 7% estimate that insiders account for a whopping 80% of financial losses.
Insiders aren't the most common security problem, but they can be among the most costly and the most damaging to a company's reputation. Insider attacks against IT infrastructure (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=infrastructure&x=&y=) are among the security breaches most feared by both government and corporate security pros, says Eric Shaw, a psychologist and former CIA intelligence officer who has studied insider threats the past decade.