Defending the cloud: strategies to combat insider threats and negligence

The increased adoption of the cloud can potentially increase the risk of insider threat due to employee negligence in an organization. This is because employees are more likely to lose control when switching between numerous personal and corporate cloud applications. Negligence leading to insider incidents can happen for two reasons: Prioritizing convenience over compliance, or Not keeping personal accounts and devices protected with the best security measures. In this presentation we will showcase the cloud application security best practices to mitigate this negligence.