Insider Risk
We've curated 96 cybersecurity statistics about Insider risk to help you understand how employee behaviors and unintentional mistakes are becoming critical threats in 2025. Explore how organizations are adapting their practices to mitigate these risks effectively.
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Only 16% of insider incidents involved confirmed malicious intent.
When asked which egress channels for the outflow of sensitive data does your organization worry most about, 55% said personal webmail.
45% of respondents are very concerned about sensitive data being shared with generative AI tools like ChatGPT.
Only 12% of organizations feel fully prepared to detect or respond to sensitive data being shared with GenAI tools.
Only 11% of organizations said their most significant insider incident had no significant impact.
59% of security leaders are very concerned about accidental employee data leaks over the next 12 months.
38% of organizations place the insider risk function within Security/SOC.
Only 12% of organizations have a dedicated Insider Risk team.
Most insider incidents are unintentional: 62% were caused by negligent or compromised users.
Nearly half (49%) of insider incidents resulted specifically from accidental or negligent behavior.
37% of organizations reported detecting between 6 and 20 insider-related data loss incidents in the past 18 months.
76% of organizations reported losses exceeding $100,000 due to their most significant insider incident.
36% of insider incidents involved user credentials.
29% of insider incidents involved Intellectual Property (IP).
62% of security professionals are concerned about employees directly involved in the handling of sensitive data such as PII, PHI, or PCI.
Nearly a third of organisations still lack dedicated insider risk resources.