{"id":10630,"date":"2021-07-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T23:00:36","slug":"security-risk-from-insider-threats-continue-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-risk-from-insider-threats-continue-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Security: Risk from Insider Threats Continue to Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Insider threats<\/a> are malicious activities that originate from people within an organization that have direct access to software and hardware systems, like current employees, former employees, contractors and business associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote work and greater use of company-external tools like messaging apps, transfer services and cloud apps are making work more efficient for employees but they are also adding significant risk to the security of the data that they have access to. A survey by Code42 <\/a>on Risk Threats found that 37 percent of employees frequently rely on unauthorized cloud apps to share enterprise data and collaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Code42 report<\/a> found that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n