Focus on risky access and behaviour, not labels
Insider risk can involve deliberate misuse, compromised accounts or simple mistakes by legitimate users. A fair investigation should begin with evidence and access patterns rather than assuming intent. SteelCortex helps organisations examine the controls and activity around sensitive systems while preserving that distinction.
What may be reviewed
- Privileged roles and excessive permissions.
- Unusual access to sensitive data or systems.
- Shared, dormant or unmanaged accounts.
- Changes in role, offboarding and access removal.
- Suspicious downloads, transfers or sharing patterns where evidence is available.
- Administrative actions that fall outside normal operating patterns.
Control weaknesses
Many insider-risk problems are enabled by weak access design: too many administrators, broad data access, poor segregation of duties or slow offboarding. The review therefore examines both the event and the control environment that made the risk possible.
Evidence and fairness
Security evidence can be incomplete or ambiguous. SteelCortex distinguishes observed facts from interpretation and recommends that employment, disciplinary or legal decisions are handled through the organisation’s proper HR and legal processes.
Outputs
Deliverables can include an access-risk summary, evidence timeline, affected systems or data, control gaps and recommended actions for privilege reduction, monitoring, offboarding or policy improvement.