According to new research from Clearswift, the introduction of GDPR has led to a slight drop in insider threats in both the UK and Germany. Survey respondents said that insider threats make up 65% of reported incidents in 2018, compared to 73% last year.
German companies reported similar declines, with insider error incidents at 75% this year, down from 80% last year. The research surveyed 400 senior IT decision makers from global organizations with more than 1,000 employees and found that 38% of IT security incidents occur as a direct result of their employees’ actions, with 75% of all incidents originating from their extended enterprise, which includes employees, customers and suppliers. Former employees represent 13% of cybersecurity incidents for the participating organizations.

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