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Insider Threat Detection

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Detecting insider threats is often time-consuming, complex, and resource-intensive. Cyber deception offers a proactive insider threat solution by embedding traps and misleading information within an enterprise network to detect, confuse, and deter attackers, including malicious insiders. This technique excels in its ability to discreetly uncover the actions of malicious insiders, providing a high-fidelity method for insider threat mitigation.

Types of Insider Threats

Unintentional

Unintentional

  • Negligent
  • Accidental insiders inadvertently leak corporate secrets or important data
Intentional

Intentional

  • Malicious insiders abuse their trusted access to systems
  • Departing employees
Types of Insider Others

Other

  • Collusive
  • 3rd Party
Insider Threat Activities

Common Insider Threat Activities

  • Data exfiltration
  • Source code leakage
  • Operational impact – disrupt business processes and workflows
  • Reputational impact

Traditional solutions have gaps in their detection capabilities

Insider threat detection approaches have been traditionally focused on anomaly and behavior-based detection

These solutions have associated gaps:

Privileged insiders leverage their trusted access to exfiltrate sensitive data

Insiders leverage encrypted communication channels to evade traditional detection

Insiders stay under the radar by performing slow offensive actions

Insiders clear evidence by deleting logs

Insider threat detection in office desktop by Acalvio

Privileged insiders leverage their trusted access to exfiltrate sensitive data

Insiders leverage encrypted communication channels to evade traditional detection

Insiders stay under the radar by performing slow offensive actions

Insiders clear evidence by deleting logs

Insider threat detection in office desktop by Acalvio

Trusted access makes insider threats particularly
challenging to detect using traditional techniques.

Cyber Deception as an Effective
Countermeasure for Insider Threats

Acalvio's Insider Threats Activities

Honeytokens and bait are an effective countermeasure against insider threats

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Acalvio's insider threat detection with the Cyber Deception

Honeytokens and bait are an effective countermeasure against insider threats

Key Benefits of Cyber Deception
for Insider Threat Detection:

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Enhanced Detection
Capabilities:

  • Continuously monitor activity against strategically placed traps, capturing crucial and irrefutable data on insider threat activities in real-time.
  • Direct visibility into unauthorized access attempts by embedding honeytokens into identity stores, data repositories, or SaaS apps provides
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Non-Disruptive to
Operations:

  • Integrates seamlessly without interfering with normal business processes.
  • Targets specifically crafted scenarios, ensuring smooth workflow continuity.
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Strategic and
Tactical Advantages:

  • Enhances defense-in-depth strategies by adding an additional layer of security.
  • Deploys believable deceptions, such as honeytokens and credential bait, to confuse and expose insiders.
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Proactive Threat
Management:

  • Diverts malicious insiders away from critical assets, providing valuable time for security teams to respond and isolate threats effectively.
  • Generates highly reliable alerts, significantly reducing false positives and alert volume, improving the efficiency of security operations.

Next Steps

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FAQs

What are insider threats, and how can they impact organizations?

Insider threats are individuals within an organization who, intentionally or unintentionally, misuse their access to cause harm. This can lead to significant consequences, including data breaches, financial losses, and damage to the organization’s reputation. These threats are particularly concerning because insiders have direct access to sensitive information and systems, making it easier for them to carry out their activities unnoticed.

Why are traditional security solutions insufficient for detecting insider threats?

Traditional security solutions are insufficient for detecting insider threats because they rely on signature and behavior-based detection methods. While these methods can identify unusual activities, they often miss the context-specific nuances of insider threats. In addition, traditional approaches can produce numerous false positives, overwhelming security teams and leading to alert fatigue.

Why is cyber deception an effective countermeasure for insider threats?

Cyber deception is agnostic to the specific tactics, techniques, and procedures that a threat uses. When it comes to detecting insider threats, cyber deception does not have the limitations of signature and behavior-based detection solutions.

What features do Acalvio’s insider threat detection tools provide?

Acalvio provides a threat detection solution that leverages cyber deception technology. Honeytokens and baits provided by ShadowPlex are disguised to look like the identity cache entries and files targeted by insider threats.

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