Insider Threat

Personal devices and cloud services are used without the governance of IT. Unmonitored app use is rampant, and files are emailed or uploaded to cloud services. The list of bad Shadow IT behaviours is long.

There is a huge disconnect between corporate confidence in security preparedness and the number of actual security incidents that occur each year.

In order to understand how to better protect healthcare data, it’s important to understand just why healthcare employees are bypassing security protocols.

As long as computers have been a part of the workplace, Shadow IT has existed. But with the rise in mobility and cloud technology, it’s become a growing threat you cannot ignore.

With the consumerization of IT and the proliferation of devices, BYOD use has grown, often outside the control of IT.