The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continued to impact many companies not only from an economic aspect, but also from a risk management perspective. As an increased number of workers operated remotely, the methods in which security is applied evolves to address ways threat actors attempt to manipulate the “new environment.” The insider threat persists in both static and remote working environments, and management must be able to provide more effective security mitigation efforts to reduce potential threats. Improving employee knowledge and understanding should be first and foremost in implementing an effective risk reduction strategy.
Today, often the primary focus on insider threats remains in the cybersecurity realm, and rightly so in most cases. However, it is important to recognize the insider threat consists of physical elements as well, such as workplace violence, harassment, and theft of tangible products and proprietary information outside the cyber environment.