2025 Insider Risk Report Finds Most Organizations Struggle to Detect and Predict Insider Risks

Baltimore, USA, November 4th, 2025, CyberNewsWire

The new 2025 Insider Risk Report, produced by Cybersecurity Insiders in collaboration with Cogility, highlights that nearly all security leaders (93%) say insider threats are as difficult or harder to detect than external cyberattacks. Yet only 23% express strong confidence in stopping them before serious damage occurs. The report warns that most organizations remain reactive despite a surge in AI-driven risks and the increasing prevalence of decentralized workforces.

The report, which surveyed 635 CISOs and cybersecurity professionals, highlights an urgent industry contradiction: while there is high awareness of insider risks, the capabilities to anticipate and prevent them are dangerously limited. Without stronger behavioral intelligence and predictive modeling, organizations risk being blindsided by trusted insiders misusing powerful new tools.

Key findings include:

• Flying blind against insiders: 93% of organizations find insider attacks as hard or harder to detect than external threats. At the same time, fewer than one in four are confident in preventing them before major damage.
• Behavioral blind spots: Only 21% extensively integrate HR, financial stress, or psycho-social signals into detection, leaving most programs relying solely on technical anomalies.
• Predictive defenses are missing: Only 12% have mature predictive risk models, leaving the majority in reactive mode, while AI-enabled insider risks accelerate.

“Insider threats don’t announce themselves with alarms – they unfold quietly, in plain sight,” said Holger Schulze, founder of Cybersecurity Insiders. “Without context like financial stress or behavioral shifts, security teams are watching shadows on the wall while the real danger moves unchecked. If organizations fail to evolve, they’ll be reading about their data on the dark web before they ever see it in their logs.”

The full report can be read here.

About Cybersecurity Insiders

Cybersecurity Insiders is the trusted intelligence source for CISOs and cybersecurity decision-makers seeking strategic clarity in a complex, fast-moving industry. Backed by more than a decade of analyst-led research and a global community of over 600,000 cybersecurity professionals, we deliver evidence-based insights, original data, and expert commentary to help leaders navigate threats, assess emerging technologies, and shape forward-looking security strategies. More: https://cybersecurity-insiders.com

About Cogility

Cogility’s continuous Decision Intelligence Platform, Cogynt, provides an advanced decision intelligence and decision support streaming analytic solution for government and commercial organizations — allowing our customers to get left of harm or ahead of opportunity. A cloud-scalable, proven solution, Cogynt enables organizations to efficiently and effectively manage complex intelligence challenges with high-confidence, predictive, and explainable insights required to become proactive versus reactive in highly complex and high consequence environments. To learn more, users can visit www.cogility.com.

Head of ResearchHolger SchulzeCybersecurity Insiders[email protected]