The class of cyber actor with the greatest capacity to cause harm to organizations is not the so called state-sponsored hacker or cyber-terrorists. It is the “insider” – the company’s employees, ex-employees, and trusted vendors. Most IT systems are protected by defensive technologies which present a significant hurdle to unauthenticated outsiders. However, the company insiders have authentication credentials that allow them past the defensive technologies and provide them with access to the company’s intellectual property.
Workforce Behavior Analytics: A Proactive Approach to Employee Monitoring
As of 2022, 60% of companies use some kind of software to monitor employees. General productivity isn’t the only justification for implementing employee monitoring. Now that 58% of office workers work from home at least one day a week, risk and threats are even more...
