This statistic presents the most common of malicious insider threats leading to cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017. According to McKinsey & Company, it was found that whereas 38 percent of insider threat was due to malicious root causes, financial stress accounted for 15 percent of insider threats. Financial stress was categorized as malicious insider threat.
Root causes of malicious insider threats during cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017
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McKinsey. (September 1, 2018). Root causes of malicious insider threats during cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 04, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/956342/insider-threats-malicious-causes-cyber-breaches-worldwide/
McKinsey. "Root causes of malicious insider threats during cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017." Chart. September 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 04, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/956342/insider-threats-malicious-causes-cyber-breaches-worldwide/
McKinsey. (2018). Root causes of malicious insider threats during cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/956342/insider-threats-malicious-causes-cyber-breaches-worldwide/
McKinsey. "Root Causes of Malicious Insider Threats during Cyber Breaches Worldwide from 2012 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/956342/insider-threats-malicious-causes-cyber-breaches-worldwide/
McKinsey, Root causes of malicious insider threats during cyber breaches worldwide from 2012 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/956342/insider-threats-malicious-causes-cyber-breaches-worldwide/ (last visited August 04, 2020)
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