Protecting Against Insider Threat: A Novel Approach

3 min read

Organizations struggle with insider threats to their data security. Employees planning to leave their jobs are involved in 60% of insider cybersecurity incidents and data leaks, research suggests. Whether intentional or accidental, sensitive content leaked by employees represents a massive challenge. Innovative use of cloud storage may be the best solution yet. A key concern of corporate cybersecurity is the insider threat of data leakage. Employees can be a source of data leakage for several reasons. The reasons for employee data leakage can be innocent (accidentally sharing sensitive content), malicious (purposely stealing data), and purposeful but not malicious (skirting security…...

This content is for DDI Basic Membership only.
Join Now
Already a member? Log in here
Alex Panagides Alex Panagides is a well-known email technology pioneer and the founder and chief executive officer of mxHero, a Silicon Valley start-up providing cutting-edge solutions to support and enhance email for all, Alex launched mxHero in 2012 alongside a highly skilled team to improve email issues that companies face on a day-to-day basis, such as the increased volume and size of emails, virus and security threats, and global accessibility. The mxHero team is continually innovating to address email and data storage challenges for businesses and individuals. Alex had previously co-founded one of today’s leading email technology companies in Brazil, Inova International Inc. that grew to serve government agencies, telecom providers and multi-nationals among other organizations in the region. In addition to his work as an IT specialist with a mind for solving real-world problems related to email pain points, Alex has also served as a consultant to the World Bank in Washington D.C. and Brazil. In all, Alex brings more than 25 years of technical, operational, and managerial leadership and vision to mxHero establishing partnerships with today’s leading companies including Google, Box, Dropbox, Microsoft and Citrix.