15% data breaches originated from insiders in 2018: Verizon

New Delhi, March 5 Amid growing cases of cyber attacks around the world, a new report from US-based Verizon Enterprise Solutions has revealed that 20 per cent of cybersecurity incidents and 15 per cent of the data breaches in 2018 originated from people within the organisation. Insiders have advantages over external actors seeking to circumvent security as people within the organisation enjoy trust and privileges as well as knowledge of organizational policies, processes and procedures, said the Verizon Insider Threat Report. "Cyber threats do not just originate from external sources, and to fight cybercrime in its entirety we also need to focus on the threats that lie within an organisation's walls," Bryan Sartin, Executive Director Security Professional Services, Verizon, said in a statement on Tuesday. Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of IT, communications, security and network solutions to enterprises and governments around the world, is a division of US telecom carrier Verizon Communications Inc. --IANS gb/mr