{"id":774,"date":"2017-04-04T23:37:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microdium.net\/public\/2017\/04\/04\/how-do-you-deal-with-an-insider-threat-new-guidance-by-intel\/"},"modified":"2017-04-04T23:37:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:37:31","slug":"how-do-you-deal-with-an-insider-threat-new-guidance-by-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2017\/04\/04\/how-do-you-deal-with-an-insider-threat-new-guidance-by-intel\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you deal with an insider threat? New guidance by Intel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Regina Phelps<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A new whitepaper just released by Intel will offer you some good guidance on how to deal with the insider threat. Insiders are responsible for almost as many losses, breaches, and thefts of sensitive and confidential data as cybercriminals. According to a recent Intel\u00ae Security data exfiltration study, more than 40% of data loss is caused by insiders, roughly half intentional and half accidental.<\/p>\n

The latest insider thefts have even prompted the US Department of Defense to require affiliated companies to have a program that can \u201cGather, integrate, and report relevant and available information indicative of a potential or actual insider threat.\u201d1 Whether you do business with the defense industry or not, tackling insider threats is not only a critical challenge to address, but it\u2019s also a team effort, necessitating work in data classification, policy development, and incident response, backed by a strong set of data loss prevention tools.<\/p>\n

The document peels back the issue into bite size valuable pieces.\u00a0 Topics include:<\/p>\n