Nowadays cyber incidents activities such as data theft, insider threat, malware attack most are significant security risks and some it caused by the employees of the company both intentionally or unknowingly, also around 95% of threat and Activities with access to corporate endpoints, data, and applications.
Many of the security testings among the most alarming discoveries was that 95 percent of assessments revealed employees were actively researching, installing or executing security or vulnerability testing tools in attempts to bypass corporate security.
They are using anonymity tools like Tor,VPNs frequently to hide who is Trying to breaking corporate security.
Christy Wyatt, CEO at Dtex Systems said, “Some of the year’s largest reported breaches are a direct result of malicious insiders or insider negligence.
People are the weakest security link
Last year survey reported by Dtex Systems said, 60 percent of all attacks are carried out by insiders. 68 percent of all insider breaches are due to negligence, 22 percent are from malicious insiders and 10 percent are related to credential theft.
Also, the current trend shows that the first and last two weeks of employment for employees are critical as 56 percent of organizations saw potential data theft from leaving or joining employees during those times.
Increased use of cloud services puts data at risk
64 percent of enterprises assessed found corporate information on the web that was publicly accessible, due in part to the increase in cloud applications and services.
To make matters worse, 87 percent of employees were using personal, web-based email on company devices. By completely removing data and activity from the control of corporate security teams, insiders are giving attackers direct access to corporate assets.
Inappropriate internet usage is driving risk
59 percent of organizations analyzed experienced instances of employees accessing pornographic websites during the work day.
43 percent had users who were engaged in online gambling activities over corporate networks, which included playing the lottery and using Bitcoin to bet on sporting events.
This type of user behavior is indicative of overall negligence and high-risk activities taking place.
Dtex Systems analyzed and prepared these risk assessments from 60 enterprises across North America, Europe and Asia with the industries like IT, Finance, Public Sector, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, and Media & Entertainment.
