Privileged Account Management- Mitigate Insider Threat

How to mitigate Insider Threat

1. Practice Least Privileged Access principle.
2. Secure privilege accounts.
3. Apply Segregation of Duties principle.
4. Educate Users
5. Monitor and Audit Usage

Privileged Account Management- Insider Threat

What is Insider Threat

An insider threat is a malicious threat to an organization that comes from people within the organization, such as employees, former employees, contractors or business associates. The insider threat can  be categorized as:

1. Malicious Insider: A user with a malicious intent
2. Unintentional Insider: Stupid user, falling victim to phishing emails.
3. Exploited Insider: Exploiting high value users, spear phishing.
4. External Insider: Third party vendor, partner or contractor.