Insider Threat Mitigation: The Role of AI and ML

It needs no telling how damaging insider threats can be. Amongst its numerous impacts, the most significant involve the loss of critical data and operational disruption, according to statistics from the Bitglass 2020 Insider Threat Report. Insider threats can also damage a company's reputation and make it lose its competitive edge. Insider threat mitigation is difficult because the actors are trusted agents, who often have legitimate access to company data. As most legacy tools have failed us, many cybersecurity experts agree that it is time to move on.