The Cost of an Unintentional Insider Threat

Security incidents caused by negligent employees are expensive in terms of time and money. The burden of monitoring and cleaning up after employee mistakes falls on the IT department and it is estimated that IT workers spend upwards of three hours per day dealing with security risks caused by employee negligence. How much IT security spending could be saved if employee negligence was reduced by as much as 50 percent?

In this report, we explore several studies done at workplaces around the world. These include studies from the Ponemon Institute, Forrester, and Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Report that exist to help you answer questions. Don’t suffer the expensive consequences of compromised internal assets—learn how to properly mitigate the Unintentional Insider Threat.

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