Preventing insider threats: What to watch (and watch out) for

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September is officially National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NIATM) and the theme of this year’s NIATM is resilience. Of all the digital threats facing organizations, the insider threat can be the most vexing to tackle given how uncomfortable it can feel to suspect one’s own colleagues of wrongdoing. It’s challenging to set up systems and processes that might catch well-regarded peers or superiors in a harmful act.

At last week’s inaugural Insider Risk Summit, experts at corporations and cybersecurity firms gathered to talk about the top trends driving insider security threats and what security officers should know in trying to combat those threats.

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