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Insider threat

Risk originating from someone who already has legitimate access: an employee, contractor, or partner.

Most insider incidents are not malicious. They are a departing salesperson copying their contact list, a well-meaning employee moving files to personal storage to work at home, or an admin taking a shortcut. The damage is real regardless of intent.

Controls that help are the same ones that limit external attackers: least privilege, monitoring of unusual data movement, and a genuinely enforced offboarding process that removes access on the day someone leaves.

Where this comes up

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