Breaking Down Malicious Insider Threats

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“Legitimate access rules the threat landscape”, says Jon Ford,Managing Director at Mandiant. In addition to loss of intellectualproperty, malicious insiders are increasingly impacting organizationalreputation, customer trust and investor confidence. There’s a lot moreto insider cyber security threats than disgruntled employees, which isthe first thing that comes to mind for most when they think of thisthreat. Jon Ford, Managing Director of Mandiant, and Johnny Collins,Director of Mandiant, joined us to break down what insider threats areand the trends Mandiant is seeing in recent investigations.Johnny began by defining insider threats—from unintended linkclicking, all the way up to human enabled technical operations (thinkmeet-ups in parks while avoiding all electronic communications thatyou see in movies). Both Johnny and Jon shared how organizations onthe commercial and government sides are thinking about insider threatsas part of their overall risk and security posture, and how clientsare approaching insider threat security from a behavior-focusedapproach as opposed to targeting or profiling individuals.Then we got to the good part: stories from recent investigationsthey’ve worked on through Mandiant’s Insider Threat Security Servicesofferings. You might be surprised by the outcomes of a few of them.Johnny and Jon went on to highlight the various tiers of Mandiant’sInsider Threat Program Assessments and Mandiant’s Insider ThreatSecurity as a Service offering with Mandiant Intelligence. Johnny andJon close with shared thoughts on the growing Insider Threat trendswe’ll see in the near future.