Potential Risks That Insider Threats Pose to PII
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) refers to any information maintained by an agency that can be used to identify or trace a specific individual.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) refers to any information maintained by an agency that can be used to identify or trace a specific individual.
Data protection regulations require your business to assess all possible threats to the sensitive data your business stores or manages. While most businesses tend to focus most of their attention on external threats, they often overlook insider threats that exist right under their collective noses.
The year 2020 witnessed an unprecedented onslaught of cybersecurity threats across the world as the global workforce underwent a forced transition to remote working.
Merely mitigating external cybersecurity threats isn’t enough when it comes to fighting cybercrime in today’s ever-evolving threat landscape. Although insider threats can be as devastating and as deadly as their external counterparts, most businesses fail to track and manage insider threats adequately.
Although the technology-driven era we live in has made information sharing and data access very efficient, it has also brought forth a new set of challenges. One of the major challenges businesses face in this day and age is the rising threat to data security.
Insider threats are among the most dangerous cyberthreats out there. Yet, organizations of all sizes seem to be either reluctant or negligent when it comes to fighting them.