ObserveIT Announces New EMA Research On Risky User Activity Within Organizations

Whether it’s malicious behavior, negligence, or hackers stealing credentials, users represent one of the fastest growing threats to company data. A new EMA report provides practical advice on how to identify and manage risky user activity within your organization.

The report, “Mitigating User-Based Risks,” examines a number of critical challenges facing IT security organizations. While traditional security strategies focus on protecting infrastructure from outsiders, 69 percent of security incidents involved an insider, and a staggering 84 percent of these incidents involve everyday business users (those with no admin rights).

Trusted insider access is a necessary part of conducting business, but it is also the source of the fastest growing IT security risk companies face today. David Monahan, Research Director at EMA and author of the report, says “one of the most significant security risks in 2015 will be your users and their identities.”

Mr. Monahan will lead a webinar based on the report on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. EST. “Three Tips for Managing Risky User Activity in 2015,” will cover how to:

• Identify and compare different types of user risks
• Adopt a user-centric security strategy for 2015
• Simplify compliance by focusing on the user

Register for the webinar and receive the EMA report by clicking here (http://pages.observeit.com/ema-webinar.html).

About ObserveIT
ObserveIT, a pioneer in User Activity Monitoring, provides a new user-centric approach to IT security. Our solution offers tailored analytics, alerting and bullet-proof forensics to help companies address the fastest growing security risk, user based threats. For more information, visit www.observeit.com