Stopping the Insider Threat: The Importance of an IAM Strategy Founded in Governance

Insider attacks have resulted in data loss and reputational harm in both the public and private sectors. Although these incidents have brought attention to insider risk, government and industry have yet to invest in insider threat prevention programs. According to the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations report, internal actors conducted 20% of the cyberattacks that led to confirmed data loss in the previous year.

Government agencies and private companies across all industry verticals face personnel and technology challenges in implementing risk-based insider threat programs. Securing public and private enterprises against insider abuse requires strong identity and access management strategies for employees, administrators, and contractors. Government leaders and company executives are starting to recognize the importance of more comprehensive identity governance strategies in mitigating insider threats.

Join The Chertoff Group and SailPoint on September 14th to hear a panel of identity experts discuss:

• How to identify and mitigate insider threat risks
• Privileged users and how they impact insider threat
• Negligent vs. malicious insider behavior
• Taking an integrated approach to governing access to structured and unstructured data