The insider threat rises again

Insider threats are coming back in a consequential way.

According to the State of Human Risk Report from Mimecast, 42% of organizations have experienced an increase in malicious insider incidents over the past year, with 42% also reporting a rise in negligent incidents for the first time.

The report further found that organizations experienced an average of six insider-driven incidents per month at an estimated cost of $13.1 million per incident. Additionally, 66% of the 2,500 surveyed IT security and IT decision-makers expect insider-related data loss to increase over the next 12 months.

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