The Inside Threat - as important as profits?

Nigel Stanley@Bloor Research

Inside threat threat organisation

• Introduction
• What is the Inside Threat?
• Inside Threat vs. Insider Threat
• Inside Threat: is there a problem?
• Anatomy of an inside data loss incident
  • Who: who lost the data from the organisation?
  • What: what actually went missing?
  • Why: why did the data go missing?
  • When: when did the data go missing?
• How: how did the data go missing?
• Now it’s personal: Inside Threat, Risk and Governance
• Mitigating the Threat: what tools can help
• Summary

The inside threat is very real. Even the most motivated, committed and enthusiastic staff can and will make mistakes that may result in significant data.

• Key action points for businesses;
  • Undertake an honest, objective review of your likely inside threat.
  • Manage staff wisely by equipping them to do their roles effectively, but do not grant access rights or privileges where it is not needed.
  • Implement the best solutions to manage your particular inside threats as you see them. Wise spending now will save more panic based spending in the future.
  • Train staff to be competent users of technology.
  • Ensure executive support for IT security and articulate the business benefits of maintain vigilance against the inside threat.loss.