A core element in every one of the recent financially motivated hacks and nation-state attacks (like the one that affected Sony Entertainment are insiders or their compromised credentials. Employees with legitimate access, service providers or contractors that maintain infrastructure and privileged users are all both possible actors, and potential attack vectors when their credentials are compromised. The last 12 months have seen continuous loss of data as organizations globally have had to publicly admit their security shortcomings. But recent headlines have made data breaches a larger board level concern. In conjunction with Harris and Ovum, Vormetric recently delivered its third Insider Threat Report.
