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Insider threats are people with legitimate access to your network who use their access in a way that causes harm to the organization. Potential insider threats can be difficult to detect—most cases go unnoticed for months or years.

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, data breaches initiated by malicious insiders were the most costly, around USD 4.90 million on average or 9.5% higher than the USD 4.45 million cost of the average data breach. That's why insider risk management and insider threat prevention are such important components of any cybersecurity program.

Whether an insider is a malicious current or former employee or a contractor with compromised credentials, security teams must quickly and accurately detect suspicious activity and data leaks, investigate data breaches and respond to potentially damaging attacks.

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Benefits Consolidate and analyze user behavior

Detect malicious insiders and credential compromise with near real-time analytics.

Discover and understand privileged access

Identify and secure all service, application, administrator and root accounts across your enterprise.

Proactively assess insider threat processes

Discover how employees respond to an attack, and if they follow established reporting policies.

Insider threat detection solutions User behavior analytics (UBA)

Gain visibility into behavioral anomalies that may signal an active insider attack.

On-premises or in the cloud privileged access management

Discover and control all types of privileged accounts across your enterprise.

Offensive security solutions

Put your people and processes to the test with adversary simulation, control tuning and social engineering services.

Ransomware protection

Protect your organization’s sensitive data from ransomware threats, the nefarious malware that can hold it hostage.

Client stories Accelerating cyberthreat detection and response

Novaland speeds up threat remediation by integrating data, analyzing logs and prioritizing cybersecurity incidents.

Resolving security issues 8 times faster

TalkTalk integrates IBM QRadar SOAR with its traditional security systems and applications to respond to and contain potential issues.

Preventing malware and ransomware attacks at sea

An international shipping company deploys automated endpoint protection on ships with limited satellite connectivity.

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See a demo of how the new QRadar suite can accelerate response time by using a unified analyst experience, advanced AI and automation, and an open security platform that connects with your existing management tools.

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