With the proliferation of shadowy black markets on the so-called "darknet" -- hidden crime bazaars that can only be accessed through special software that obscures one's true location online -- it has never been easier for disgruntled employees to harm their current or former employer. At least, this is the fear driving a growing stable of companies seeking technical solutions to detect would-be insiders.
Avivah Litan, a fraud analyst with Gartner Inc., says she's been inundated recently with calls from organizations asking what they can do to counter the following scenario: A disaffected or disgruntled employee creates a persona on a darknet market and offers to sell his company's intellectual property or access to his employer's network.
Litan said a year ago she might have received one such inquiry a month; now Litan says she's getting multiple calls a week, often from companies that are in a panic.
"I'm getting calls from lots of big companies, including manufacturers, banks, pharmaceutical firms and retailers," she said. "A year ago, no one wanted to say whether they had or were seriously worried about insiders, but that's changing."
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