White paper

With companies making painful personnel and compensation choices in this poor economy, one of the impacts has been an explosion in the number of insider data theft cases. According to a recent KPMG survey, theft by internal users has tripled since 2007 and many believe that the continuing recession will only exacerbate the problem. Insider theft and other malicious behavior are particularly difficult to detect and prevent because employees often have legitimate access to sensitive corporate data and tend to know the weaknesses in their organization’s infrastructure.
Over the course of hundreds of customer interactions, Prism Microsystems, a leading security information and event management (SIEM) vendor, has developed best practices for monitoring insider abuse. Some of the behaviors can be well intentioned but open up potential holes in your corporate security process. Some can be clear indications of insider data theft. This Whitepaper discusses the top ten insider activities you have to monitor to make sure your employees are not violating security policy or opening up easy routes for insider abuse. Implementing these recommendations is fast, cost effective and will help prevent costly insider hacks and data leakage from impacting your business.