In recent times, an “insider” can be both praise and an insult. This is because insiders have access to pieces of information that others are not permitted to go through. But many times it is an insult because it is seen that they can easily wreck organizations’ reputations by exploiting the information to other people. This mainly occurs for 3 main reasons:

• Unintentional/ accidental data leak
• Personal benefits for financial or other reasons
• No appropriate security implementation for employees 

These are just some of the reasons that cause harm to organizations because of the callousness of employees or intentional data breaches. Though there are ways to mitigate and try to eliminate insider risk, it is a very complex process and not a piece of cake at first. 

Who causes insider threats?

Generally, we identified some major properties that insiders are based on. These are just some primary points, personal intent is something that no one can guess within organizations. However, precautions are very effective in terms of insider threats as they put a barrier between malicious activities and employees.

• Access: Any insider has some sort of access in terms of resources. Sometimes when cross-checking is not done properly then it can lead to data breaches. 
• Knowledge: Any insider can gain knowledge about the organization’s data and resources to some extent. If any insider has a malicious mindset then they can easily get involved and cause harm to the organization for personal benefits. 
• Trust: Insiders who are always trusted and restrictions are comparatively less than others. This in turn makes them aware of the special access they are given by organizations without noticing the bad intentions. 

The whole concept of an “insider” that we talked about is primarily based on the gaps that are there among employees that are given special access. Though this says nothing about which insider can possess what sort of risk to a company because most people who meet the criteria of an insider usually pose very little or no threats at all.   So, firstly it is a must to determine which employees pose what sort of risk to the organization before giving them a role. After this access-based review is completed then it is important for the organization to find out in-depth about their psychological motives and thinking to gain better knowledge about who might want to benefit by doing insider attacks. For better insight, these toxic insiders are referred to as “malicious insiders.”

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