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June 2018, Vol. 20, No. 3

Insider threat report tracks annual cost of theft, carelessness

A new insider threat report found credential theft costs more than twice as much to resolve than incidents involving insider negligence by employees and contractors. Negligent insiders are the "root cause" of most reported events and represent the highest total annual cost to companies, according to researchers. However, imposters who steal credentials cost organizations an average of $648,846 per incident, compared to $283,281 for a security event involving carelessness. The Ponemon Institute study "2018 Cost of Insider Threats: Global Organizations" looked at the direct and indirect costs of companies that experienced one or more material event caused by an insider during a 12-month period ending in January. Researchers interviewed 717 security and IT professionals in 159 organizations located in North American, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The job functions that participated in the insider threat report in the largest segments included CISOs (16%), IT operations practitioners (14%), IT technicians (13%) ...

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