
Retail security – video surveillance tackles the insider threat
Tim Compston, Features Editor at Security News Desk, checks out the ‘insider’ threat that is giving retailers food for thought.
Tim Compston, Features Editor at Security News Desk, checks out the ‘insider’ threat that is giving retailers food for thought.
New HPE Security Services offering helps organisations prevent external breaches and insider threats targeting privileged accounts, as well as maintain compliance
Often ‘insider threats’ are thought of as the typically unwitting evasion of security protocols by employees taking steps to improve productivity. This can be anything from storing private data using Dropbox or forwarding confidential details to a personal email account, without any thought for data security.
There’s a lot of weight given to external threats that cause data breaches and not enough to the insider threats which is a very real issue. Whether it’s a disgruntled employee, a malicious employee, an opportunistic employee, or even an employee under pressure from a criminal organisation, the data breach will have the same consequences for the organisation – fines to pay and a bad reputation to overcome.
Brian Chappell, Director of Technical Services EMEAI, BeyondTrust discusses how best to sure organisations against insider threat.
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