{"id":60897,"date":"2019-04-04T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T19:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=60897"},"modified":"2019-04-04T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T19:48:47","slug":"insider-threats-go-undetected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/insider-threats-go-undetected\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Professionals Remain Unarmed Against Insider Threats\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IT Pros Lack Ability to Adequately Detect and Respond to Insider Attacks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitglass.com\/blog\/bitglass-insider-threat-report-2019\">survey <\/a>completed by Bitglass, a cloud access security brokering company, confirmed insider attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent.&nbsp; Of the IT professionals surveyed, over half confirmed their organization had experienced an insider attack during the past year.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with the increase in 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