In a 2023 survey, nine out of 10 respondents among IT professionals worldwide declared finding insider cyberattacks equally or more difficult to detect and prevent than external cyberattacks, with nearly 40 percent stating that insider attacks were more difficult to detect and prevent than external ones.
How difficult is it to detect and prevent insider attacks compared to external cyber attacks?
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Cybersecurity Insiders. (February 7, 2024). How difficult is it to detect and prevent insider attacks compared to external cyber attacks? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463573/detecting-and-preventing-insider-vs-external-cyberattacks-worldwide/
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Cybersecurity Insiders. (2024). How difficult is it to detect and prevent insider attacks compared to external cyber attacks?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463573/detecting-and-preventing-insider-vs-external-cyberattacks-worldwide/
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Cybersecurity Insiders, How difficult is it to detect and prevent insider attacks compared to external cyber attacks? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463573/detecting-and-preventing-insider-vs-external-cyberattacks-worldwide/ (last visited November 17, 2024)
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