Are Your Trusted People Exposing Your Business To Harm?
Avoid Catastrophic Cyber Breaches By Proactively Managing Insider Threats
In this invaluable book, you’ll discover…
Why insider threats should be the #1 cybersecurity priority for business leaders
How your employees represent a gateway to risk
Why you can’t solely rely on technology to identify and prevent risky human behaviour
How insiders can be bought, and how to spot the signs
Why you must continually evaluate your trust in your employees
“Boaz Fischer’s book shatters the myth of the “big happy family” for organisations as they wrestle with insider threats. He makes the reality of risk crystal-clear and highlights the warnings that organisations need to pay attention to so they can mitigate threats before it’s too late. When you know, you can act. When you can predict risk, you can effectively prevent it.”
Sean Ofir
CEO and Managing Director, SABASAI
Learn How To Protect Your Assets From The #1 Cybersecurity Threat
Your organisation has probably already invested significantly in cybersecurity – software, hardware, data programs, employee training, updated policies and procedures and more.
But these measures ignore a critical element of cyber – the human element.
Human behaviour is dynamic. People have their own needs, wants and motivations. And sometimes these might not align with those of your business. No amount of awareness training will stop a malicious insider from taking action to cause damage. Even the most comprehensive cyber policy is worthless if a disgruntled employee is motivated to sell data to someone else.
So what is the solution?
The first step is to acknowledge, as an organisation, that insider threats are not just real but pose the most significant risk to your assets. From there, you can work to better understand the nature of those insider risks and the strategies that can effectively identify, prevent and mitigate internal breaches.
In this groundbreaking book, you’ll learn…
Why using negative reinforcement to control behaviour can potentially increase your risk
The power of an engaged workforce in preventing cyber attacks
Critical lessons from real life examples of cyber breaches by rogue employees
The red flags you might be missing in your recruitment and performance management processes
Why your security solutions need to focus on understanding and modifying behaviour, not implementing more technology
A Personal Note From Boaz Fischer...
If you are a business leader responsible for defending your assets from cyber threats, you are probably spending a lot of time and money making sure your systems and technology can withstand, or at least identify, a cyber-attack from some external entity.
But are you ignoring the elephant in the room?
The greatest threat to an organisation’s most precious assets most likely come from within.
We don’t really want to acknowledge this, we don’t want to admit that the people we trust, the people we employ, would want to cause our business harm.
But I believe insider threats are the most significant threat facing modern organisations today. It might sound like a simplistic problem – identify the threats, remove them, job done. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Leaders like yourself are forced into a difficult situation – you need to prevent breaches, but you are forced to trust your employees so that work can get done. It just isn’t practical (or productive) to watch everyone all the time.
The enemy is getting smarter, more connected and have more resources at their disposal than ever before. Even if your business acknowledges the risk posed by insiders, few organisations understand how to tackle it effectively.
That is why I have written this book – to give CEOs, executive teams and boards the information they need to understand the severity of insider threats AND the insights and strategies to help them own and mitigate that risk.
About Boaz Fischer
Boaz Fischer is Australia’s trusted Authority on insider risk management. Simply put, he helps businesses solve the problems of trusted insiders before they become a risk to the organisation.
Although organisations are proficient at safeguarding their technology and systems, human behaviour is unpredictable and difficult to manage, which is why it continues to be such a crucial factor in risk management. Intentional fraud, theft of sensitive information, lapses in judgment, or disregard for safety protocols are just a few of the grievous repercussions that can result from an employee's misconduct.
As a cyber security professional who consults with the Australian government and other enterprises,
Boaz knows that insider threats are the elephant in the room. Experts typically prefer not to discuss this topic because organisations do not want to entertain the possibility that trusted employees may be intentionally or unintentionally cause damage. This degree of ignorance is not restricted to ordinary businesses either. Tech titans, critical infrastructure organisations and government agencies are pitifully naïve when it comes to insider threats.
This book, Behind Enemy Lines, Tales of Insider Threat, Corporate Greed, Espionage and Just Bloody Stupid behaviour, is Boaz’s seventh publication on cybersecurity and insider threats. He provides import at insights into understanding the vulnerabilities in human behaviour within organisations that were exposed by individuals whose actions caused substantial damage to the organisation and themselves.
Avoid Catastrophic Cyber Breaches By Proactively Managing Insider Threats
In this invaluable book, you’ll discover…
Why insider threats should be the #1 cybersecurity priority for business leaders
How your employees represent a gateway to risk
Why you can’t solely rely on technology to identify and prevent risky human behaviour
How insiders can be bought, and how to spot the signs
Why you must continually evaluate your trust in your employees