Are you aware that a small fraction of your workforce represents some of the biggest cybersecurity risks to your organization? It’s true!
- 4% of users generate 82% of phishing incidents (some clicking twice per month)
- 3% of users generate 92% of malware events
- 12% of users are responsible for 71% of secure browsing incidents
And this small group of people are likely blissfully unaware of their level of risk too. Unintentional insider risk refers to the potential of each worker within an organization to trigger a security breach. The reality is — 43% of data breaches involve internal users, such as employees or third-party vendors. Thus, it’s no surprise that 76% of cybersecurity leaders believe that having a dedicated program to manage insider risk would not only protect these users from accidentally making a mistake but also improve their organization’s overall security posture.
But how can you safeguard high-risk users if you don’t know who they are?
The answer is simple: data.
Learn How to Solve for Insider Risk with Predictive Risk-Based Mitigation & Management [eBook]
Proactive insider risk management refers to a company’s ability to use data and preventative actions to protect both the organization and workers against unintentional insider risk. This involves identifying users that take actions that put themselves and the organization at risk, such as clicking on suspicious links, visiting questionable sites, or downloading malware.
Risk-based protection enables security teams to have:
- Wide and targeted security controls that can tailor to each user or department
- The ability to quantify internal user risk
- The ability to predict who’s going to start the next incident
- The capability to measure the effectiveness of current programs
In our latest eBook, Unintentional Insider Risk Mitigation: How Elevate Security Protects the Enterprise From the Inside Out, we dive deep into how Elevate Security’s risk-based mitigation platform can help you identify and respond proactively to your organization’s highest risk users.
Get your copy of the free eBook to discover:
- The state of the industry as it relates to unintentional insider risk
- How proactive insider risk management can help you prevent account takeovers, data loss, and ransomware
- How the Elevate Security platform works to protect the organization from the inside out
- An inspiring case study where a Fortune 500 company experienced an 82% reduction in malware/ransomware and account takeover incidents with Elevate Security
