Detect and Prevent Insider Threats With CurrentWare

Protect sensitive data against negligent and malicious insiders with CurrentWare’s insider threat detection and prevention tools.

  • Stop Data Theft
  • Monitor User Activity
  • Restrict User Internet & App Access

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CurrentWare’s Insider Threat Detection & Prevention Solutions

Detect Suspicious Activity With Real-Time User Activity Monitoring

The CurrentWare Suite includes several employee monitoring solutions to track employee behavior for potential insider threat indicators.

  • Detect Risky Activity: Monitor user behavior for suspicious activity with built-in alerts, reports, and dashboards
  • Audit Logs: Historical activity logs of login/logout times, internet use, USB activity, and software usage give organizations the data they need to detect insider threats
  • Data Movement: Get alerts of potential data exfiltration to removable media devices by individual users
  • File Transfers: Track and restrict file movements across portable storage devices, network share drives, and websites such as cloud storage services
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Stop Insider Threats Before They Happen

Don’t just detect potential insider threats—prevent malicious activity from happening in the first place. Lock down user accounts with CurrentWare to proactively prevent threats to sensitive data.

  • Cloud DLP: Block websites and apps to prevent insider threats from accessing unauthorized cloud storage providers. Restrict file transfers to cloud file sharing services.
  • Block USB: Stop insider threats from transferring company data to unauthorized USB storage devices
  • Restrict Data Transfers: Block file transfers to portable storage devices based on file extension and file name

Monitor File Transfers for Suspicious and High-Risk Behavior

CurrentWare’s user activity monitoring and USB restriction tools ensure that organizations detect and prevent malicious data transfers.

  • Detect Malicious Insider Threats: Receive real time email alerts when employees violate your USB security policies
  • File Monitoring: Track what data has been copied, created, deleted, or renamed on removable media
  • File Transfer Logging: Track file transfers between network share drives, removable media devices, and websites such as cloud storage services to trace data breaches back to their source
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Third Party Risk Management

Third-party vendors, partners, consultants, and contractors often have privileged access to a company’s internal systems.

Use CurrentWare’s data loss prevention and user activity monitoring features to detect high-risk behaviors from third party vendors.

  • Continuously capture screenshots to collect evidence of misuse
  • Monitor productivity of freelancers to ensure invoiced hours are used appropriately
  • Track and restrict data movements to portable storage devices and cloud storage services to protect sensitive data

Central Console For Scalable Insider Threat Management

Implement insider threat management policies from a central location. Easily monitor and control your entire workforce from the convenience of a web browser. 

  • Remote Management: Monitor & control each managed endpoint device from a central management console
  • Granular Policies: Place users/PCs in their own policy groups to apply a unique security policy to them
  • Active Directory: Integrate with Active Directory to import & sync your existing Organizational Units to the CurrentWare Console
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The Critical Role of Insider Threat Management

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70% of intellectual property theft occurs within the 90 days before an employee’s resignation announcement.1

Without insider threat management measures in place, stealing sensitive files is as simple as a transfer to a  USB flash drive.

Insider threat incidents that took 90+ days to contain cost organizations an average of $17.19 million per year.2

User activity data is essential to detect insider threats and solve issues before they can escalate their attacks.

20% of data breaches from 2020-2021 involved trusted internal actors such as employees and contractors.3

Insider threat management tools offer the protection and detection features you need to prevent data breaches.

How to Improve Data Security With CurrentWare

The CurrentWare Suite provides critical security controls for protecting your network, endpoints, and sensitive data against a variety of high-risk activities.

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Block & Audit Storage Devices

Control who can use portable storage devices and set security policies to limit what devices are allowed. Monitor data transfers to removable media and network storage devices to ensure that your data security policies are being followed.

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Prevent Data Loss to Cloud Platforms

Protect sensitive data against the risks of cloud file sharing sites. Block cloud storage sites/apps, restrict uploads/downloads, and monitor file transfers for high-risk or anomalous activity.

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Audit User Activity for Insider Threat Risks

Monitor employee computer usage for signs of insider threats. Track file transfers, web browsing, app use, and login/logout times for high-risk, anomalous, or inappropriate activity. Receive automated alerts straight to your inbox when specific events occur.

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Block Data Transfers to Removable Media

Go beyond simply blocking unauthorized USB devices; ensure optimal data protection with your trusted devices, too. Block file transfers to portable storage devices based on file extension and file name.

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Block High-Risk Network Ports

Block unused TCP/UDP ports to reduce the attack surface of your network. Improve data protection by mitigating the threat of data leakage over FTP, SFTP, IRC, and other high-risk network ports.

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Block Risky Sites

BrowseControl’s web content category filtering database provides you with a convenient way to block millions of websites across over 100 URL categories. Easily block users from accessing social media, porn, games, known virus-infected websites, and more!

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Case Study

Viking Yachts Protects Sensitive Information From a Departing Employee

“CurrentWare saved us a lot of time and money. If we didn’t have AccessPatrol we would have never known what was going on. I cannot thank all of you enough for this software.”

A departing employee was caught stealing classified files! If we didn’t have AccessPatrol we would never have known.

Flexible Deployment Options

With CurrentWare’s user activity monitoring solutions you’re in complete control of how your data is stored, secured, and retained. Your employees' data cannot be accessed by CurrentWare.

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Have Complete Control of Your Data

 

Install the management software on a standard computer, then deploy the client software to your users' computers

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Monitor & Manage on Any Network

 

Connect your remote employees’ computers to the management software with simple port forwarding rules

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Get Advanced Activity Insights

BrowseReporter is a versatile employee monitoring software to track productivity and efficiency.

  • Make informed decisions
  • Enforce company policies
  • Improve productivity
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Block Harmful Websites

BrowseControl is an easy-to-use website blocking software for restricting internet access.

  • Block URLs & categories
  • Block unwanted apps
  • Website allow & block lists
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Stop Data Theft to USB Devices

AccessPatrol is USB control software to protect sensitive data against theft to portable storage devices.

  • Block USB devices
  • USB file activity alerts
  • Block file transfers
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Control PC Power States

enPowerManager is a remote PC power manager for centrally managing power settings across all endpoints.

  • Track logon and logoff times
  • Log PC power event history
  • Remotely shutdown PCs
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We have experienced data leaks by dishonest employees in the past and AccessPatrol has helped us avoid them and work with greater security and peace of mind for us and our customers.

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How to Keep Data Safe When Offboarding Employees

70% of intellectual property theft occurs within 90 days of an employee’s resignation.

Are you concerned about the damage a terminated employee could cause with access to sensitive corporate information, account passwords, and other proprietary data?

Follow these best practices to ensure data security when offboarding employees.

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Insider Threat Detection & Prevention Resources

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The Top 5 Signs of an Insider Threat

Learn the top indicators of an insider threat so you can identify potential threats before they can cause severe damage to your organization.

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Tips for Preventing Insider Data Theft

Follow these tips to protect your company’s sensitive data against theft, misuse, and loss from malicious and negligent insider threats.

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Tips for Offboarding Employees

Concerned about the damage a soon-to-be-ex-employee could cause with access to sensitive information? Follow these tips.

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Examples of Data Theft by Employees

These notorious examples of employee data theft demonstrate the devastating effects that a data breach can have.

Corporate espionage: Crushing cases of IP theft

5 Corporate Espionage Cases

These corporate espionage cases highlight the lengths that organizations will go to to maintain an advantage over competitors.

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The Top 7 Data Exfiltration Risks

This article will teach you how to prevent data exfiltration by addressing the most common techniques used.

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Insider Threat Detection & Prevention FAQ

Can I Use Your Insider Threat Prevention Software With Remote Workers?

Yes. CurrentWare’s insider threat prevention tools support a variety of deployment options that allow you to control USB devices, block websites, and monitor user activity no matter where they are.

To learn more about using CurrentWare with remote workers, visit this article:

How to Set Up CurrentWare for Remote Teams

Are There Any Limits to the Free Trial?

The free trial of our data loss prevention software is fully functional. You can deploy it on up to 10 computers for 14 days. If you need more time or more computers to properly evaluate the best data loss prevention software for your organization, reach out to our support team.

Will My Employees Know They Are Being Monitored?

As with any CurrentWare Suite product, your organization is in control of how visible the data loss prevention software is.

The CurrentWare software client operates in stealth mode by default.

In stealth mode, the CurrentWare software client is not visible in the system tray or control panel of the user’s computer. Your users will not be able to uninstall the program or stop it without administrator privileges.

If you would like your users to be aware that they are being monitored, you can choose to show the CurrentWare software client in their system tray by enabling it in the client software settings.

AccessPatrol does not disclose when its USB activity monitoring feature is active. When your employees attempt to use an unauthorized USB device they can be presented with an optional warning message.

When BrowseControl blocks a website you can choose to show a warning message, redirect to another website, or simply have the connection fail.

When monitoring user activity with BrowseReporter you can choose to enable the End-User Reports feature to provide users with access to their activity data. You can also display optional notifications that periodically remind them that they are being monitored.

Does CurrentWare Have Access to Employee Data?

No, CurrentWare cannot access your employee’s computer monitoring data. CurrentWare’s software does not send your user’s computer usage data to CurrentWare. They are installed and managed by your organization.

All of the data collected by CurrentWare’s software is stored on a database that is installed in your organization’s data center or cloud service provider.

With CurrentWare’s on-premises & self-managed cloud deployment options, you’re in complete control of your data.

  • Sensitive employee data stays secured to your standards rather than being sent to a third party.
  • Maintain data localization and residency compliance requirements by keeping employee data exactly where it needs to be.
  • Retain auditable records of user activity for as long as you need

For more information please refer to our Terms of Service.

Can I Set Unique Device Restrictions for Different Computers or Users?

Yes. You can assign unique security policies for each computer, user, department, or other organizational unit (OU) in your company.

To do this, CurrentWare allows you to create group folders with separate policies. This feature is perfect for restricting users while providing greater access for trusted administrators.

In terms of device control, you can also use the access code generator to temporarily grant access to all peripherals or use the device scheduler to automatically allow/block devices at specific times.

In terms of internet and application restriction, you can use the internet scheduler and app blocker scheduler to temporarily allow access to blocked websites and applications at specific times.

Can I Block Specific File Types from Being Transferred?

Yes. CurrentWare has the ability to prevent your end-users from copying specific files to their storage devices. These file transfer restrictions can be configured based on the file name or file extension.

The file transfer blocking feature can also be used on devices that are on the Allowed List. This lets you provide access to company-authorized USB devices while still protecting the sensitive data in your network against exfiltration to portable storage hardware.

Is This a Cloud Product?

The CurrentWare Suite can be deployed on-premises or on a cloud platform of your choice. Both deployment option are compatible with remote workers with a few configuration changes.

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How is the CurrentWare Suite Secured?

CurrentWare is committed to the security of its platform, its users and their data. 

 

  • All of the data collected by CurrentWare’s solutions is stored in your organization’s data center or cloud service provider; the data is not sent to CurrentWare.
  • The web console cannot be accessed without a username and password. For an added layer of authentication security you can enable two-factor authentication.
  • You can selectively enable/disable what data is tracked and delete old records automatically.

 

For a complete overview of the security measures that CurrentWare has in place, check out the CurrentWare platform security overview page.

What Peripheral Devices Can CurrentWare Control?

In addition to USB device control, CurrentWare’s data loss prevention tool AccessPatrol allows you to control the following peripheral devices on your users’ computers.

Devices You Can Control Device Access Permissions
USB Full / Read only / No access
DVD /CD Full / Read only / No access
Floppy Full / Read only / No access
Tape Full / Read only / No access
External Hard drive Full / Read only / No access
Firewire Full / Read only / No access
SD Card Full / Read only / No access
MM Card Full / Read only / No access
Bluetooth Devices Full / Audio Only/ No access
Infrared Full / No access
Wifi Full / No access
Serial Full / No access
Parallel Full / No access
Scanners Full / No access
Cameras, Webcams & Others Full / No access
Printers Full / No access
USB Ethernet Adapter Full / No access
Sound Cards Full / No access
Portable Devices (iPhones, Mobile Devices) Full / No access
Network Share Full / No access

Learn More: USB control with AccessPatrol

What is an Insider Threat?

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) defines an insider threat as “the potential for an insider to use their authorized access or understanding of an organization to harm that organization. This harm can include malicious, complacent, or unintentional acts that negatively affect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the organization, its data, personnel, or facilities.“

The term insider refers to employees, contractors, and other trusted individuals that have intimate access to and knowledge of an organization’s systems. 

While external threats such as malware and cybercriminals are a threat to sensitive information, insider attacks are especially devastating due to the level of internal access they have.

Insider threats belong to one of two core categories: 

  • Malicious insider threats intentionally cause damage through acts such as the theft of sensitive information, sabotage, fraud, and espionage. 
  • Negligent insider threats cause damage non-maliciously through acts such as breaking company policies, falling victim to phishing attacks, or unintentionally sharing sensitive information with unauthorized recipients

Examples of insider threats

  • A disgruntled ex-employee stealing intellectual property to gain favor with a competitor
  • An employee who transfers sensitive data to an unencrypted USB device
  • An employee sharing login credentials with a coworker
  • A contractor leveraging their internal access to perform privilege escalation in an effort to access sensitive data

What is Insider Threat Management?

The term “insider threat management” refers to the practices that security teams put in place to identify, prevent, and remediate potential insider threats. These teams will set up a security operations center with the policies, procedures, and insider threat detection tools needed to mitigate threats. 

Security teams watch for potential insider threat indicators by:

  • Insider Threat Detection: An insider threat management solution will leverage user behavior analytics to monitor security events for potential threats
  • Employee Monitoring Software: User behavior analytics processes will be bolstered with data from existing tools that monitor user actions, such as data loss prevention and employee monitoring software
  • Security Audits: Using a combination of automated responses and a manual audit, security teams will review security information to distinguish between false positives and suspicious activities
  • Data Protection: A baseline of acceptable behavior is established to help security teams distinguish between suspicious behavior and legitimate activity. 
  • User and Entity Behavior: Security teams will work cooperatively with other departments to watch for non-technical indicators of a potential insider threat such as grievances at work, disengagement, and an abnormally strong interest in duties outside of their scope of work

 

What Should Be Done To Protect Against Insider Threats?

  • Employee Training: Provide employees with security awareness training that helps them identify insider security threats and avoid becoming victims of the cyber attacks they are most likely to experience, such as phishing.
  • Limit Access to Sensitive Data: Limiting who can access sensitive information is a critical security control against both insider threats and external threats. The fewer accounts that can access sensitive data the lower the attack surface.
  • Encrypt Sensitive Data: In the event of a data breach encryption will provide a critical layer of protection against having the contents exposed to threat actors.
  • Implement & Enforce Policies: Policies and procedures provide a baseline of expectations that employees must follow. With this baseline in place your insider threat management solution can be used to identify both external attacks and insider threats that are acting anomalously. 
  • Monitor Employee Activity: Every insider threat management strategy needs an element of threat detection. Activity monitoring and entity behavior analytics help detect insider attacks before they escalate. 

Learn More: Tips for Preventing Insider Data Theft

1 Your Employees are Taking Your Data – Richard Agnew, Infosecurity Magazine. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/employees-taking-data/.
2 2022 Ponemon Cost of Insider Threats Global Report. https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/threat-reports/cost-of-insider-threats
3 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/2022/dbir/2022-data-breach-investigations-report-dbir.pdf