"Is your organization Edward Snowden-proof?"
That's the kind of line cybersecurity software makers have been pushing in the months since contractor Edward Snowden published internal data from the National Security Agency. Snowden's leaks were damaging to the government, but the private sector also took the lesson to heart. Most large companies have some kind of sensitive data, and Snowden is their worst nightmare: the high-level techie gone rogue.
Insider attacks account for about 20 percent of cyberattacks, according to industry reports, including a 2011 survey conducted by CSO Magazine. Though they may be rarer than threats from outside hackers, they tend to be the most costly. Firms that had to deal with insiders who turned report...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4577376/edward-snowden-is-now-a-gimmick-to-sell-security-software
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