Miller: Most high-damage security incidents are caused by internal employees
Brad Miller · 1735 Smarter to Buy vs Build, He bought Company for $10m, Now doing $20m in ARR 3 years later · Apr 24, 2020 · at 6:09
Brad Miller, CEO of Awareness Technologies, explains his rationale for moving into internal endpoint monitoring software after previously focusing on external perimeter defense.
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“While most of the problems that exist are created by external people, most of the problems that cause a lot of damage are done by internal people”
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