Survey: Insider cyber threats more costly

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Survey: Insider cyber threats more costly

Dawn Cappelli, technical manager of the enterprise threat and vulnerability teams at CERT, explains why insider threats are viewed are costing organizations more...

Federal News Network Staff

February 9, 2011 1:26 pm

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What are the real threats to cybersecurity? A new cyber watch survey says the biggest risk to your organization might actually be from within.

Although more attacks are committed by outsiders, the insider attacks are viewed as most costly to organizations, according to the survey by CSO Magazine and CERT.

Dawn Cappelli, technical manager of the enterprise threat and vulnerability teams at CERT, says the survey was compiled with the best possible arsenal of data.

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