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 December 21, 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: December 21, 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 December 21, 2024)
How difficult is it to detect and prevent insider attacks compared to external cyber attacks? [Graph], Cybersecurity Insiders, February 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463573/detecting-and-preventing-insider-vs-external-cyberattacks-worldwide/
