The case for insider-threat detection
An independent threat intelligence team warned the Treasury Department that representatives of the Department of Government Efficiency was by an independent threat intelligence were a significant “insider threat.” The warning made the problem of insider threats a new worry for US citizens, sparking multiple discussions on social media. It also made a new case for technology that defended against the threat.
Insider threats are not the most common form security weakness, but they are the hardest to defend against. Even if a company is successful in screening out potential bad actors in the hiring process, then they have to. make sure who they hired is who shows up to get their security badge. And if they get past those two processes, there’s always the possibility of an unbalanced or angry employee bringing a firearm into the office to commit mayhem. Luckily there are technologies in place, such as advanced detection and response, identification validation and AI driven weapons detection available in the market.