The hidden security risk of privileged users

All businesses are aware of the danger posed by insider threats, but those threats are multiplied when they involve privileged user accounts. Damage caused by privileged users is the most extensive, the hardest to mitigate and the hardest to detect as it involves authorized users doing things they are authorized to do. A new report from access management specialist Forcepoint in conjunction with the Ponemon Institute looks at the gap between organizations' awareness of the problem and their ability to solve it. The study conducted among more than 700 operations and IT security managers finds that 91 percent think that… [Continue Reading]