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Q9: Which is a bigger source of threats - internal or external?
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Nick Sardino
Organizations are constantly under attack from external threats, it’s never ending. #overwhelming
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John Mertic
I'd say both, both internal is more often overlooked.
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Adam Jollans
Et tu Brute - internal threats are less expected
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Steven Dickens
both
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Diana M Henderson
Insider attacks are often more costly, but outsider attacks are more prevalent given their variety (DDoS, malware, ransomware). Both are painful @IBMLinuxONE
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Major Hayden
@StevenDickens3 Exactly. Don't prep for just insiders or just outsiders. Assume they're both on the way.
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Nick Sardino
Internal threats are more concerning though because they come from players and places and at times we don’t expect #insiderThreat
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Craig Mullins
I'll use my consultant's answer again: it depends
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Steven Dickens
@majorhayden 100% agree, did you see the Twitter insider who shut down President Trump's twitter account...
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Craig Mullins
Depends on your business, your client profile, your staff, etc. etc.
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Nick Sardino
@dianamhenderson The increase in outsider attacks from state sponsored entities is extremely alarming to me.
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Steven Dickens
@craigmullins everyone is open to social engineering...
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Erika Hernández
you usually trust people within your organization, so being attacked from the inside was usually unexpected and for so more dangerous.
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Craig Mullins
You have to be prepared to protect against both