You Should Know – Insider User Threats

You Should Know that many cybersecurity threats can originate from within your own organization. It's not always easy to be certain that employees aren’t unintentionally—or even deliberately—putting your business at risk.

To reduce these risks, it's vital to implement robust security practices such as:

• Employee Education: Providing training on cybersecurity safety and threats for users and employees to help prevent accidental breaches.

• Access Management: Restricting sensitive data and systems to only those with proper authorization.

• Activity Monitoring: Keeping an eye on user actions to detect any unusual or suspicious behaviour.

• Incident Response Plans: Being ready to act swiftly and effectively when a security incident occurs.

This concern is shared by many business leaders. Insider threats, whether intentional or accidental, can seriously impact an organization. Employees can misuse their access or unknowingly leak sensitive data.

To reduce these risks, it's vital to implement robust security practices such as:

• Employee Education: Providing training on cybersecurity safety and threats for users and employees to help prevent accidental breaches.

• Access Management: Restricting sensitive data and systems to only those with proper authorization.

• Activity Monitoring: Keeping an eye on user actions to detect any unusual or suspicious behaviour.

• Incident Response Plans: Being ready to act swiftly and effectively when a security incident occurs.

Creating a solid business continuity and disaster recovery strategy—and regularly testing it—is vital for building cyber resilience. These plans are designed to help businesses bounce back from cyberattacks or other disruptions, with clear steps to reduce downtime, protect critical data, and resume normal operations as quickly as possible.

At Securicom, we provide a full range of managed security services—from end user awareness training, to email, endpoint, perimeter/edge, and cloud protection, all the way through to managed XDR and incident response.

Investing in a strong business continuity and disaster recovery strategy is one of the best ways to safeguard your operations and reduce the impact of potential cyber threats.

Contact us at Sales@securicom.co.za to see how we can change the way you see security.