The Insider Threat: Why Your Greatest Security Risk…

The article discusses the rise of insider threats and recounts an FBI sting that thwarted a Russian ransomware group's attempt to recruit a Tesla employee to deploy malware. It provides statistics showing increasing insider breaches, outlines common causes (phishing, negligence, revenge/financial motivation), lists behavioral indicators of internal compromise (odd hours, access to unrelated data, large transfers), and recommends mitigations such as endpoint detection and response, access restriction, security awareness training, and good employee treatment.