http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/01/beware-unwitting-insider-threat/104097/
By Jack Moore
Nextgov.com
January 29, 2015
Rank-and-file federal employees and contractors unwilling to “embrace ‘The
Suck’ of security” may be the biggest threat posed to securing federal
agency networks.
“Accidental or careless” insiders -- employees who click on dubious email
attachments, plug in unsecured storage devices or leave laptops unsecured,
among other lapses in basic cyber hygiene -- unwittingly open the door to
hackers and other malicious actors.
In a new survey conducted by SolarWinds and Market Connections, 53 percent
of IT decision-makers cited these unwitting insider threats as the biggest
source of security threats they face. That’s up from the 42 percent who
said so in a similar survey last year and higher than any other category
of threat.
A focus on insiders intentionally breaching security protocols -- or worse
-- has grown in recent years fueled by the WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden
disclosures.
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