Most common data exfiltration behaviors during insider threats in the U.S. 2020

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Dec 10, 2024
A 2020 study revealed that e-mail forwarding to a personal e-mail account was the most common method of sensitive data exfiltration during insider incidents. Misuse of cloud collaboration privileges was ranked second with a 16.07 percent occurrence rate.

Most common data exfiltration behaviors during insider threats in the United States in 2020

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Release date

May 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Number of respondents

300 incidents

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across 8 different industry verticals

Supplementary notes

The source defines insider threat as follows:
An insider threat is the risk posed by employees or contractors regarding the theft of sensitive data, misuse of their access privileges, or fraudulent activity that puts the organization’s reputation and brand at risk. The insider’s behavior can be malicious, complacent, or ignorant, which in turn can amplify the impact to the organization resulting in monetary and reputational loss.

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