South African organisations are reporting higher rates of malicious insider activity than the global average, with nearly half saying deliberate data theft by employees has increased over the past year, according to Mimecast’s latest State of Human Risk Report.
The annual study, which surveyed 2 500 IT security and IT decision-makers across nine countries — including 200 in South Africa — found that 46% of local respondents reported a rise in malicious insider incidents. That compares with a global average of 42%, which itself represents a sharp jump from 33% two years ago.
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