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BeyondTrust research finds
64% of businesses have
suffered an insider breach
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eyondTrust, a global leader in
privileged access management, has
released the 2019 Privileged Access
Threat Report.
In its fourth edition, the global survey
explores the visibility, control and
management that IT organisations across
the globe have over employees, contractors
and third-party vendors with privileged
access to their IT networks.
According to the report, 64% believe they’ve
likely had either a direct or indirect breach
due to misused or abused employee access
in the last 12 months and 62% believe
they’ve had a breach due to compromised
vendor access.
Poor security hygiene by employees
continues to be a challenge for most
organisations. Writing down passwords, for
example, was cited as a problem by 60% of
organisations, while colleagues telling each
other passwords was also an issue for 58%
of organisations, a steady increase from
2018’s statistics.
Employees in Germany are the most likely
(30%) to tell colleagues their passwords.
Ultimately, 71% of organisations agree
that they would be more secure if they
restricted employee device access.
However, this isn’t usually realistic, let alone
conducive to productivity.
“Both internal employees and third-
party vendors need privileged access to
be able to do their jobs effectively but
need this access granted in a way that
doesn’t compromise security or impede
productivity,” commented Morey Haber,
CTO and CISO of BeyondTrust.
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