Question

What is an example of an internal threat?

Answer 1

Answer:

Common methods include ransomware, phishing attacks, and hacking. Internal threats originate within the organization itself and usually are carried out by a current and former employee, a contractor, a business associate, etc. Insider attacks can be malicious or inadvertent.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

An employee deletes all files associated with an important project on an internal server.

Explanation:

Employee has a credentials in some application so he/she can do the internal attack.