{"id":209415,"date":"2026-05-06T03:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/insider-threats-surge-what-cisos-must-know\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:45:08","slug":"insider-threats-surge-what-cisos-must-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/insider-threats-surge-what-cisos-must-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Threats Surge: What CISOs Must Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news-features\/insider-threats-what-cisos-must\/\">Insider Threats Surge: What CISOs Must Know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news-features\/insider-threats-what-cisos-must\/\">https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news-features\/insider-threats-what-cisos-must\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-02 02:51:25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.infosecurity-magazine.com\">www.infosecurity-magazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Human errors and malicious actions by insiders remain a prominent concern in cybersecurity, accounting for around 60% of data breaches annually due to factors like negligence and social engineering. Insider threats, especially those driven by intent, inflict substantial costs on organizations, with malicious insider attacks generating the highest average breach costs at $4.9 million. The evolving nature of social engineering, increasingly aided by AI, means even low-skilled attackers can conduct convincing campaigns, exploiting victims through scams and sophisticated deceptions. This rise in malicious actors and sophisticated tactics makes insider risk management more complex and urgent. To mitigate these threats, CISOs are encouraged to boost visibility and access control measures, leveraging existing tools like Microsoft Purview, while fostering a Zero Trust environment. A comprehensive insider risk strategy must align with operational capabilities, proper employee training, and respect for employee privacy. The complexity and escalating frequency of insider threats mandate proactive and strategic responses from cybersecurity teams to safeguard against internal and external data breaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insider threats contribute significantly to data breaches due to both negligence and malintent.<\/li>\n<li>Malicious insiders pose a substantial threat, causing higher average breach costs compared to other types of breaches.<\/li>\n<li>AI and other new technologies are empowering attackers, making sophisticated social engineering campaigns more feasible.<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive insider risk mitigation strategies require visibility improvements, access control enhancements, and the use of existing security tools.<\/li>\n<li>Developing an effective insider risk strategy includes defining response protocols, maintaining transparency with employees, and ensuring strategies are cost-effective and proportionate to the organization&#8217;s specific threats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insider Threats Surge: What CISOs Must Know https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news-features\/insider-threats-what-cisos-must\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-02 02:51:25 Source Domain: www.infosecurity-magazine.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.infosecurity-magazine.com\/webpage\/og\/22cab064-d88c-4667-ac05-527ac6cc7a39.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[26,30,24],"class_list":["post-209415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-ai","tag-breach","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209419,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209415\/revisions\/209419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}