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2025 Insider Risk Report

2025 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity

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55% of security professionals are concerned about departing employees.

77% of organizations experienced insider-driven data loss in the past 18 months.

Insider risk Data loss

• 21% of organizations faced more than 20 insider-related data loss incidents in the past 18 months.

Insider risk Data loss

43% of security professionals are concerned about disgruntled employees.

Insider risk Disgruntled employees

Only 15% of organizations feel fully prepared to handle the movement of sensitive data through SaaS and Shadow IT tools.

Insider risk Sensitive data SaaS

17% of insider incidents involved personal healthcare information.

Insider risk Data loss Healthcare information

73% of security professionals are concerned about careless, negligent, or uninformed employees.

53% of insider incidents involved customer records.

Insider risk Data loss Customer records

47% of insider incidents involved personal information or Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

Insider risk Data loss PII

12% of detected insider incidents could not be attributed, underscoring challenges in detection.

40% of insider incidents involved business-sensitive financial and strategic information.

Insider risk Data loss Financial data

59% of security leaders are very concerned about accidental employee data leaks over the next 12 months.

Insider risk Data leak

Most insider incidents are unintentional: 62% were caused by negligent or compromised users.

Insider risk Negligent user Compromised user

Nearly half (49%) of insider incidents resulted specifically from accidental or negligent behavior.

Insider risk Negligent user

Only 16% of insider incidents involved confirmed malicious intent.

37% of organizations reported detecting between 6 and 20 insider-related data loss incidents in the past 18 months.

Insider risk Data loss

76% of organizations reported losses exceeding $100,000 due to their most significant insider incident.

Insider risk Insider incident consequences

36% of insider incidents involved user credentials.

Insider risk Data loss Credentials

29% of insider incidents involved Intellectual Property (IP).

Insider risk Data loss IP

62% of security professionals are concerned about employees directly involved in the handling of sensitive data such as PII, PHI, or PCI.

Insider risk PII PHI

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