Insider threats are people with legitimate access to your network who use their access in a way that causes harm to the organization. Potential insider threats can be difficult to detect—most cases go unnoticed for months or years.
According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, data breaches initiated by malicious insiders were the most costly, global averaging USD 4.4 million cost of a data breach, a 9% decrease over last year—driven by faster identification and containment. That's why insider risk management and insider threat prevention are such important components of any cybersecurity program.
Whether an insider is a malicious current or former employee or a contractor with compromised credentials, security teams must quickly and accurately detect suspicious activity and data leaks, investigate data breaches and respond to potentially damaging attacks.
Detect malicious insiders and credential compromise with near real-time analytics.
Identify and secure all service, application, administrator and root accounts across your enterprise.
Discover how employees respond to an attack, and if they follow established reporting policies.
Every minute counts when a threat actor is active in your AWS environment. When business-impacting incidents occur, IBM QRadar MDR Services integration with IBM X-Force incident responders help ensure that damage is minimized.
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