Insider Threat
We've curated 36 cybersecurity statistics about Insider threat to help you understand how internal risks from employees and contractors can compromise sensitive data and systems in 2025. Discover the evolving tactics and preventive measures in this critical area.
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60% of insider threat incidents involved personal cloud application instances in 2025.
18% of leaders at financial services firms say they are unprepared to recover effectively from an Insider threat or data compromise.
35% of healthcare organizations cite employee negligence because of not following policies as a primary root cause of incidents.
25% of healthcare organizations cite employees sending PII or PHI to an unintended recipient via email as a primary root cause of incidents.
25% of healthcare organizations cite privilege access abuse as a primary root cause of incidents.
41% of organizations believe AI-driven insider threats are among the most likely AI incidents to impact their organization in the next 12 months.
Insider threats accounted for 0.8% of initial access vectors.
46% of financial services leaders highlight insider threats as a top concern.
44% of organizations are prepared for insider threats or account takeover.
Human error remains the top cybersecurity vulnerability in 2025, with 66% of CISOs citing people as their greatest risk.
43% of cybersecurity professionals identified distraction as a primary reason employees fall victim to cyberattacks.
Nearly a third of organisations still lack dedicated insider risk resources.
92% of organisations attribute at least some data loss to departing employees. This is up from 73% last year.
Government organisations are bracing for the steepest rise (73%) in insider threats.
In the Middle East, unauthorised GenAI is the top insider concern (31%).
More than three-quarters of organisations (76%) report some level of unapproved Generative AI (GenAI) usage.
The majority (54%) of organisations expect insider threat growth to continue.
Unapproved GenAI usage rates are highest in technology (40%), financial services (32%), and government (38%).
AI-enhanced phishing and social engineering are the most concerning tactics (27%) for insider threats.
53% of cybersecurity professionals expect insider threats to increase.