How CMMC Mitigates Insider Threats

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More than ever, insider threats remain among the most challenging attacks to detect and the most damaging to mitigate. Threats from individuals with authorized access are a critical focus of the CMMC, particularly at Levels 2 and 3, which mandate strong controls to combat social engineering and threats from employees or other internal stakeholders.

This article explores how these foundational standards address insider threat vectors, enabling organizations to better protect CUI in an increasingly hostile threat landscape.

 

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The Crucial Role of Secure Offboarding in Mitigating Insider Threats

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Insider threats are a massive problem due in no small part to the prevalence of apps, accounts, and systems that employees have to plug into daily. Once you’ve let an employee go, there’s no accounting for how they can steal data using their old credentials… unless you have a proper offboarding plan. 

Here, we discuss why offboarding processes are crucial for preventing insider threats. 

 

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