Types of Insider Threats
Below are the types of Insider threats-
- Malicious Insider:- In malicious insider, the person in the organization or company is stealing sensitive data and misusing the data to damage the company’s reputation and violates the company policies because the person in the organization already has priveledges to access all the information so they easily steal the sensitive information and misuse the data.
- Accidental Insider:- In accidental insider, as the name suggests “accidental” means mistake or we can say that the people in the organization release the company’s sensitive information by mistake. for ex- people click the malicious link and enter the company credentials and the hacker steals their sensitive information. Two persons were present in an accidental Insider threat. The first is an unwitting person that does not aware while performing malicious activity and the second is a careless person who ignores the security policy and leaks the data.
- Third-party Insider:-Third parties such as vendors, and partners who have access to the company’s data have stolen sensitive information and misused the data.
- Disgruntled Employee:- Disgruntled employees are unhappy employees or employees who leave the company and aren’t happy with the job and the work environment and have to leak the company’s sensitive information.
How To Prevent Insider Threats?
Insider threat as the name suggests insider means someone in your company or organization steals the sensitive data or harms the organization. In this article, we will cover a brief explanation of insider threats and their types. Also, we will cover how to prevent insider threats.