Half of IT professionals more concerned about internal threats than external ones

Hackers and cyber criminals are often seen as the biggest threat to company IT systems, but a report from behavioral firewall company Preempt shows that insiders, including careless or naive employees, are now viewed as an equally important problem. The survey carried out for Preempt by Dimensional Research finds that 49 percent of IT security professionals surveyed are more concerned about internal threats than external threats. Malware installed unintentionally by employees was the top concern of respondents (73 percent), ahead of stolen or compromised credentials (66 percent), stolen data (65 percent), and abuse of admin privileges (63 percent). The majority… [Continue Reading]