The threat posed by authorized personnel is well documented by research and court cases. According to ACFE, U.S. organizations lose an estimated $652 billion to fraud annually. Unfortunately, insider threat is not limited to fraud. There is also sabotage, negligence, human error and exploitation by outsiders to consider. If you have not taken a hard look at insider threat controls in your organization, now is the time.
About the author Gideon T. Rasmussen is a Charlotte-based certified information security
professional with a background in fortune 50 and military organizations. His
Web site is http://www.gideonrasmussen.com/.
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