Employees Can Be Insider Threats to Cybersecurity: Here’s How to Protect Your Organization

By Andrei Komarov The U.S. Army recently announced an initiative called “People First,” a strategy that calls for enacting widespread policy directives and changes designed to better support the health and well-being of the largest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. For an organization that’s known for sending its people out on long tours away from home and facing austere conditions wherever it goes, it’s easy to meet such an idea with a hefty dose of skepticism. On the contrary, however, it emphasizes the fact that large enterprises have to take care of their people. Not only does this result in more effective, better-performing, and more loyal employees, but it also helps reduce a significant cybersecurity threat to organizations: the insider threat. Related: A Business Leader’s Beginner Guide to Cybersecurity Why Employees Become Insider Threats Why do employees become insider threats? There are several reasons, and each case is unique; some do …
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