Insider risk
We've curated 69 cybersecurity statistics about Insider risk to help you understand how employee behaviors and unintentional mistakes are becoming critical threats in 2025. Explore how organizations are adapting their practices to mitigate these risks effectively.
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58% of organizations attribute their most significant data loss events to careless employees or third-party contractors.
Only 15% of organizations feel fully prepared to handle the movement of sensitive data through SaaS and Shadow IT tools.
77% of organizations experienced insider-driven data loss in the past 18 months.
43% of security professionals are concerned about disgruntled employees.
55% of security professionals are concerned about departing employees.
• 21% of organizations faced more than 20 insider-related data loss incidents in the past 18 months.
17% of insider incidents involved personal healthcare information.
73% of security professionals are concerned about careless, negligent, or uninformed employees.
53% of insider incidents involved customer records.
47% of insider incidents involved personal information or Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
12% of detected insider incidents could not be attributed, underscoring challenges in detection.
40% of insider incidents involved business-sensitive financial and strategic information.
59% of security leaders are very concerned about accidental employee data leaks over the next 12 months.
Most insider incidents are unintentional: 62% were caused by negligent or compromised users.
Nearly half (49%) of insider incidents resulted specifically from accidental or negligent behavior.
Only 16% of insider incidents involved confirmed malicious intent.
37% of organizations reported detecting between 6 and 20 insider-related data loss incidents in the past 18 months.
76% of organizations reported losses exceeding $100,000 due to their most significant insider incident.
36% of insider incidents involved user credentials.
29% of insider incidents involved Intellectual Property (IP).