---
id: 8006
title: "The Need to Prevent Insider Threats, as Revealed by the SolarWinds Cyber Security Breach"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/netspi-updates/the-need-to-prevent-insider-threats-as-revealed-by-the-solarwinds-cyber-security-breach/"
published_at: "2021-02-09T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["supply-chain", "insider-threat", "ciso", "solarwinds", "ponemon"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8006"
lang: en
---

# The Need to Prevent Insider Threats, as Revealed by the SolarWinds Cyber Security Breach

## Summary

Using the SolarWinds breach as a lens, the post urges CISOs to prioritize insider threat prevention, citing Ponemon data showing average insider incident costs reached $11.45 million in 2020.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/netspi-updates/the-need-to-prevent-insider-threats-as-revealed-by-the-solarwinds-cyber-security-breach/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8006