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5. Insider Threat Attacks
• Many
•
Many companies do not con-
• Insider threats are securi-
sider themselves a target of • Insider
ty risks that originate from
nation-states attacks.
the targeted organization.
• Therefore,
•
Therefore, they often do not
• The
The attacker can be a current
have the same level of se- •
employee , con-
curity as in other types of at- or former employee,
sultant, business partner,
partner ,
tacks.
or contractor
contractor. .
• In
•
In 2019, China sponsored
• Organizations
•
Organizations are becoming
an attack on U.S govern-
more aware of the potential
ment officials
officials, , and Russian
danger of insider threats.
hackers targeted Ukrainian
diplomats.
• Nevertheless,
•
Nevertheless, the risk is still
high—— 34% of data breaches
high
• State-sponsored
•
State-sponsored
attacks in 2019 involved internal ac-
on critical infrastructure tors.
should see an increase in
2020, , especially during the •
2020
• Experts
Experts expect that in 2020
U.S presidential election,
election , employees will cause more
mor e
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