Security News > 2022 > February > The rise of the super malicious insider: Yes, we need to worry

DTEX Systems announced the release of a report which identifies a significant increase in industrial espionage incidents and the rise of the super malicious insider persona, and provides evidence that the abrupt shift to remote work has directly contributed to an escalation in psychosocial human behaviors that create organizational risk.

The rise of malicious insider incidents The super malicious insider accounted for 32% of malicious insider incidents investigated in 2021.

72% year-over-year increase in actionable insider threat incidents.

Based on the findings, a fourth persona has emerged-the super malicious insider.

The super malicious insider is a technically proficient employee who is acutely aware of an organization's cyber security architecture, solutions, and processes and who understands both the technical and human analyst limitations in detecting insider threat indicators.

Investigations found a dramatic increase in the use of sophisticated insider techniques across the insider incidents they studied, including a 43% increase in the usage of burner email accounts, a noticeable increase in the use of OSINT practices to conceal identity, and the active avoidance of techniques known in the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

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