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Employees are 85% more likely today to leak files than they were pre-COVID
59% of IT security leaders say insider threat will increase or significantly increase in the next two years
More than half of organizations don't have an insider risk response plan
40% of organizations don't assess how effectively their technologies mitigate insider threats
Code42, the insider risk detection and response leader, today released its latest Data Exposure Report on Insider Risk. The study, conducted by Ponemon Institute, found that both business and security leaders are allowing massive Insider Risk problems to fester in the aftermath of the significant shift to remote work in the past year. During that same time, three-quarters (76%) of IT security leaders said that their organizations have experienced one or more data breaches involving the loss of sensitive files and 59% said insider threat will increase in the next two years primarily due to users having access to files they shouldn't, employees' preference to work the way they want regardless of security protocols and the continuation of remote work. Despite these forces, more than half (54%) still don't have a plan to respond to Insider Risks.