Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden may be holed up in Russia but his influence over the IT security sector is still tangible, casting a shaddow over 2014. Thats especially true in the corporate world, with large organisations fearful that their own employees could readily leak data to unauthorised, outside sources. Companies should know who they are giving their data to and how it is being protected, said Tim Ryan, managing director and cyber investigations practice leader at US-based risk mitigation and response firm Kroll. This requires technical, procedural and legal reviews. Ryan suggests that the “insider threat” is still very real and believes that there may be others like Snowden across a range of organisations. “Theres a tremendous amount of data compromised today where the act is never discovered or disclosed. People discount the insider threat because it doesnt make the news. The insider threat is insidious and complex. Thwarting it requires collaboration by general counsel, information security, and human resources. Malcolm Marshall, UK and global leader of the KPMG Information Protection and Business Resilience team, added that the insider threat could, however, boost Internet privacy. “Snowdens revelations have triggered a privacy debate which will continue to rage in 2014,” Marshall told SCMagazineUK. “Expect more disclosures, more calls for greater transparency over government actions, and more efforts by the Internet giants to persuade customers that their data is secure.”
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:26:55 +0000
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