09/03/2026
🔐 Insider threats don’t always start on the inside.
For National Insider Threat Awareness Month, The IT Nerd featured SecurityScorecard’s Mike Centrella, Head of Public Policy, on how the definition of an “insider” is changing.
Today, organizations face more than the traditional risk of an employee misusing sensitive information.
Outsiders can obtain legitimate access. Contractors can be compromised or recruited. Identities can be stolen. And trusted employees can become avenues for external threat actors.
As Mike explains, a valid account can’t automatically mean a trusted user — and trust can’t be treated as permanent.
As workforces increasingly span employees, contractors, remote workers, and external partners, organizations need to continuously understand who has access, what they can access, and when activity starts to deviate from what’s expected.
👉 Read Mike’s full perspective in The IT Nerd: https://itnerd.blog/2026/09/01/today-starts-national-insider-threat-awareness-month/