Employees are now more dangerous to their company than external hackers

• Internal threats now represent more than half of cases, at 57%
• Employees' devices and credentials are among the most targeted
• Companies should acknowledge this and tighten access for a quick fix

New data from Orange Cyberdefense has suggested the biggest risks companies face could now be coming from inside, with internal threats rising from 47% to 57% in the space of less than a year.

For the first time ever, internal threats have become more common that external ones, with hacking remaining pretty steady at 31% of attacks compared with employee misuse, which rose from 29% to 45%.

However, while it's the employees who could be driving a higher risk internally, companies could be doing more to protect themselves in far more than just the basic cybersecurity sense.

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