Employee Behaviours And IT/Cyber Risk – A Webinar Recap

On February 15, our Privacy and Data Security and Technology lawyers, Paige Backman, Meghan Cowan and Donald Johnston, hosted a webinar on Employee Behaviours and IT/Cyber Risk. They discussed the biggest risks to IT systems, what those risks are, and how to mitigate those risks.

While most of us have read the news articles about people falling into the trap of responding to phishing emails, or about employees accessing unauthorized data, what we don't realize is that employees are the weakest links when it comes to IT security threats. In fact, threats to IT systems are caused 60% – 90% of the time by "insiders." Insiders are considered to be anyone who has authorized access to hard and soft technology assets and include employees, contractors, business partners, suppliers, service providers/subcontractors and technology escrow providers.