#insider-risk

#insider-risk

"Every day, organizations face a spectrum of insider risk, from accidental missteps to deliberate sabotage," states Dr. Margaret Cunningham, Vice President of Security & AI Strategy at Darktrace. "The high-profile cases we see in headlines - sabotage, bribery, espionage - are real and damaging, but they're relatively rare. The daily reality is far more mundane: employees forwarding files to personal accounts, bypassing controls to meet deadlines, or uploading sensitive data into unsanctioned AI tools. These 'tiny crimes' are normalized behaviors that, at scale, create significant organizational risk."

All individuals with access to or knowledge of an organization's computers, networks, facilities, information, or personnel are potential insider threats, including vendors and contractors. The ability to intentionally use or accidentally misuse any of this information can breach confidentiality, reveal trade secrets, cause a data security incident, or harm an organization's personnel, ultimately impacting its reputation and ability to do business.