What Is an Insider Threat? Reducing Employee-Driven Data Risk
An insider threat comes from the organization’s own employee, contractor or partner, not from an outside attacker. It can be malicious. It can also be careless.
Harm to data, or a data leak, caused on purpose or by mistake by an authorized person inside the organization.
Why Does It Matter?
An insider is already authorized. Classic perimeter security does not stop them. You must monitor behavior and data movement.
Core Principles & How It Works
What Threats Arise from Inadequate Protection?
- ✕Copying customer data to USB before leaving the company.
- ✕Uploading corporate data to an uncontrolled cloud account.
How Does Moftgate Solve This Challenge?
Moftgate monitors USB, email, web and clipboard channels. It blocks suspicious transfers and builds an incident timeline.
Related Guides and Articles
- Insider Threats: A Guide to Preventing Employee-Driven Data Exfiltration →
The human element is present in the majority of breaches per the Verizon DBIR — and the costliest scenario is the departing employee who takes data along. We examine insider-threat types, the critical 30 days before departure, behavioral signals, and a layered prevention framework.
- Incident Autopsy: How an Exiting Executive Exfiltrated Sensitive Corporate IP and How Moftgate Stops It →
Over 14 days before submitting his resignation, a senior R&D and sales director exfiltrated 12,000 sensitive files, customer pricing sheets, and engineering CAD drawings via USB and personal cloud accounts. Why did traditional EDR and firewalls fail? Step-by-step resolution with Moftgate.
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