Insider Threats: A Growing Challenge Across All Sectors
Government, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing organizations must address the growing challenge of securing sensitive information against internal threats. These threats can cause leaks that undermine trust, finances, and competitive advantage.
KEY INDUSTRY PAIN POINTS
Government
The responsibility of protecting highly sensitive data, such as biometric information, medical records, personally identifiable information (PII), and unique identifiers like Social Security numbers or passports, has been handed to governments.
Protecting this data from internal threats, such as employees who might intend to access and exfiltrate it for their own personal advantage or under outside influence, is the major challenge.
Consider a scenario in which a government employee with access to this confidential data attempts to export it to an outside entity, potentially with the intention of selling it or utilizing it for identity theft.
Government
The responsibility of protecting highly sensitive data, such as biometric information, medical records, personally identifiable information (PII), and unique identifiers like Social Security numbers or passports, has been handed to governments.
Protecting this data from internal threats, such as employees who might intend to access and exfiltrate it for their own personal advantage or under outside influence, is the major challenge.
Consider a scenario in which a government employee with access to this confidential data attempts to export it to an outside entity, potentially with the intention of selling it or utilizing it for identity theft.
Protecting this data from internal threats, such as employees who might intend to access and exfiltrate it for their own personal advantage or under outside influence, is the major challenge.
Consider a scenario in which a government employee with access to this confidential data attempts to export it to an outside entity, potentially with the intention of selling it or utilizing it for identity theft.
Financial Services
Employees may try to steal confidential financial information from any system, including client records, transaction information, or internal communications, making the financial services industry particularly susceptible to internal attacks. Such threats might appear in several ways, such as by utilizing mobile devices or screen capture tools to capture screen content.
For example, an employee may obtain access to a client's personal and financial information and seek to export and sell it. In this strictly regulated industry, financial institutions are obligated not just for managing their clients' funds but also for protecting their sensitive information.
Any insider threat can have serious effects, including significant financial losses, regulatory fines, data breaches, a profound loss of consumer trust, and damage to a reputation
Financial Services
Employees may try to steal confidential financial information from any system, including client records, transaction information, or internal communications, making the financial services industry particularly susceptible to internal attacks. Such threats might appear in several ways, such as by utilizing mobile devices or screen capture tools to capture screen content.
For example, an employee may obtain access to a client's personal and financial information and seek to export and sell it. In this strictly regulated industry, financial institutions are obligated not just for managing their clients' funds but also for protecting their sensitive information.
Any insider threat can have serious effects, including significant financial losses, regulatory fines, data breaches, a profound loss of consumer trust, and damage to a reputation
For example, an employee may obtain access to a client's personal and financial information and seek to export and sell it. In this strictly regulated industry, financial institutions are obligated not just for managing their clients' funds but also for protecting their sensitive information.
Any insider threat can have serious effects, including significant financial losses, regulatory fines, data breaches, a profound loss of consumer trust, and damage to a reputation
Creative Industry
The creative industry can be extremely vulnerable to internal threats, in which workers or contractors may leak or misuse sensitive intellectual property (IP), such as unpublished content, designs, scripts, or advertising strategies. These leaks can occur as a result of in violation copying, screen captures, or printing of confidential documents, causing significant damage to a company's competitiveness and brand reputation.
For example, a dissatisfied designer working on a video game may attempt to leak early design concepts to a competitors by snapping screenshots, recording a video with his phone, or printing the designs
Such breaches not only compromise the product itself, but they may also disrupt promotional activities, compel premature product releases, and allow competitors to lower the original product's market effect, resulting in financial losses and a tarnished brand image.
Creative Industry
The creative industry can be extremely vulnerable to internal threats, in which workers or contractors may leak or misuse sensitive intellectual property (IP), such as unpublished content, designs, scripts, or advertising strategies. These leaks can occur as a result of in violation copying, screen captures, or printing of confidential documents, causing significant damage to a company's competitiveness and brand reputation.
For example, a dissatisfied designer working on a video game may attempt to leak early design concepts to a competitors by snapping screenshots, recording a video with his phone, or printing the designs
Such breaches not only compromise the product itself, but they may also disrupt promotional activities, compel premature product releases, and allow competitors to lower the original product's market effect, resulting in financial losses and a tarnished brand image.
For example, a dissatisfied designer working on a video game may attempt to leak early design concepts to a competitors by snapping screenshots, recording a video with his phone, or printing the designs
Such breaches not only compromise the product itself, but they may also disrupt promotional activities, compel premature product releases, and allow competitors to lower the original product's market effect, resulting in financial losses and a tarnished brand image.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing businesses are regularly targeted for their trade secrets, which include product designs, manufacturing processes, and unique technology. Internal threats such as workers selling designs to competitors or using them for personal benefit pose substantial concerns. For example, a production engineer may have access to secret CAD drawings and blueprints for a new product line. They might try to print these designs and share them with a competitor in return for financial gain, thereby damaging the company's competitive advantage and causing considerable financial and repetitional damage.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing businesses are regularly targeted for their trade secrets, which include product designs, manufacturing processes, and unique technology. Internal threats such as workers selling designs to competitors or using them for personal benefit pose substantial concerns. For example, a production engineer may have access to secret CAD drawings and blueprints for a new product line. They might try to print these designs and share them with a competitor in return for financial gain, thereby damaging the company's competitive advantage and causing considerable financial and repetitional damage.
Healthcare
Healthcare practitioners are responsible for protecting highly sensitive patient data, such as medical records, treatment history, and insurance information. This info is essential. However, internal risks such as staff members attempting to access and misuse this data pose serious concerns.
For example, a hospital employee might take advantage of their access to a high-profile patient's medical records, seeking to leak private information to the media in exchange for money. Such an insider attack might result in significant legal implications for the healthcare provider, including fines and lawsuits, as well as financial losses and irreversible damage to the institution's reputation and trust among patients.
Healthcare
Healthcare practitioners are responsible for protecting highly sensitive patient data, such as medical records, treatment history, and insurance information. This info is essential. However, internal risks such as staff members attempting to access and misuse this data pose serious concerns.
For example, a hospital employee might take advantage of their access to a high-profile patient's medical records, seeking to leak private information to the media in exchange for money. Such an insider attack might result in significant legal implications for the healthcare provider, including fines and lawsuits, as well as financial losses and irreversible damage to the institution's reputation and trust among patients.
For example, a hospital employee might take advantage of their access to a high-profile patient's medical records, seeking to leak private information to the media in exchange for money. Such an insider attack might result in significant legal implications for the healthcare provider, including fines and lawsuits, as well as financial losses and irreversible damage to the institution's reputation and trust among patients.
DATAPATROL’S SOLUTION STRATEGY
Some of the methods an insider can use to leak confidential data includes taking photos or screen captures of sensitive information, printing valuable company data, and unauthorized copying of digital data. Since critical data nowadays can be found anywhere, weather in specific in-house applications, online systems, web pages, systems etc. it needs to be protected leakages.
To tackle these critical challenges and protect sensitive information across various sectors, DataPatrol offers a robust set of security features specifically designed to prevent internal threats and ensure comprehensive data security.
