Head in the Clouds: A study into User Behaviour to Better Understand Insider Threats

Organisations across the globe have been forced to come to terms with radically new ways of working, whilst in some cases battling an invisible enemy that represents an existential threat to their business. Against this backdrop, IT and cybersecurity leaders have been working to support the rapidly evolving needs of their users whilst tackling a surge in threats.

As flexible working becomes more widespread and digital transformation broadens the corporate attack surface, organisations are increasingly exposed to attacks targeting their users.

To help IT leaders better understand the cyber risk to corporate systems and data from their employees, Trend Micro commissioned new research to answer three key questions:

• What are employees doing in the cloud?
• Why are they behaving in this way?
• How do you motivate them to stop negative behaviours?

Alongside interviews with 13,200 employees in 27 countries on their attitudes to corporate cybersecurity and IT policies, we enlisted the help of Dr Linda K. Kaye, Cyberpsychology Academic at Edge Hill University. She worked to profile four key employee personas based on their cybersecurity behaviours.

Research Report


Persona Report


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