insider threat
Trusted employee danger
An insider threat is a security risk posed by someone within an organization—an employee, contractor, or partner with authorized access who misuses that access to harm the organization.
The threat may be intentional (espionage, sabotage, data theft) or unintentional (negligence, falling for phishing).
The company's biggest insider threat turned out to be a disgruntled IT administrator.
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- breachBreaking of agreement
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- social engineeringManipulating people for information
badge · phishing · double agent · espionage · coercion · negligence · red flags · disgruntled · bad actor · exfiltration · malice · flashdrive · hacker · sabotage · monitoring · mole · sleeper agent · unauthorized access
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- Traitorstraitor, turncoat, betrayer, Judas, Benedict Arnold
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, hacking, virus, ransomware
- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus
- operational riskssystem failure, human error, equipment failure, data breach, software bug
- security breachesunauthorized access, data breach, intrusion, hacking, system breach
organizational role/intent
insider threatdefender
One who guards another
protector · whistleblower · white hat · security analyst · security team