USE CASE: INSIDER THREAT IDENTIFICATION

Detect hidden insider threats

Insider threats, whether malicious or negligent, can often be tied back to some form of identity misuse. SpyCloud identifies employees, vendors, and job candidates who are already compromised, infected, or using stolen identities so your teams can detect insider threats earlier and prevent breaches, data loss, and unauthorized access.

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A new and necessary perspective on insider risk

Behavioral analytics alone can’t detect every insider threat. SpyCloud brings a different signal to the table – darknet exposure data sourced from malware infections, third-party breaches, and phishing attacks that uncover insider risk.
Prevent hiring fraud

Detect fraudulent candidates using stolen or fabricated identities, including fake North Korean IT worker fraud

Identify malicious insiders

Use IDLink to surface hidden connections between insiders and criminal infrastructure – revealing adversarial intent before access is abused

Detect compromised users
Spot legitimate employees and third parties who’ve had credentials and cookies exfiltrated by malware that can unknowingly introduce risk

EXPLORE PRODUCTS

Uncover hidden insider risks – malicious or negligent – before it’s too late
Investigations Portal

Search SpyCloud’s recaptured breach, malware, and phishing data to investigate insiders using stolen credentials, malicious infrastructure, or fake identities

Investigations API
Use SpyCloud’s enriched identity dataset alongside other OSINT sources to automate insider risk detection across employees, candidates, and third parties
IDLink API
Uncover hidden relationships between compromised identities, suspicious behaviors, and exposed infrastructure

With SpyCloud Investigations, we found hundreds of accounts on our platform associated with DPRK actors we couldn’t otherwise track, and immediately revoked their access.

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EXPLORE WHO USES SPYCLOUD

Defenders
we help

SpyCloud empowers teams to identify the most dangerous insider risks hiding in plain sight.

Insider risk & DLP teams

Detect infected or compromised insiders early and act quickly before risk escalates

HR & security teams

Avoid fraudulent hires by connecting job candidates to real-world identities 

SOC & CTI teams

Surface hidden exposures from employees and partners to prevent lateral movement, escalation, and data leakage

Next steps

Discover hidden threats before they become headlines

SpyCloud for Insider Threats FAQs

Insider threats include any internal actor – employee, contractor, or vendor – who may intentionally or unintentionally pose a security threat to your organization.
While other tools track user actions, SpyCloud detects identity exposure – compromised credentials, cookies, or artifacts – that often precede detectable behaviors.
SpyCloud correlates identity artifacts like emails, usernames, and behavior across dark web sources to flag reuse patterns and inconsistencies that reveal fraud.
Yes. SpyCloud monitors for infected or compromised users across your supply chain, including unmanaged or unknown endpoints accessing critical apps.

Through APIs and identity provider integrations, SpyCloud adds a high-efficacy risk signal to existing workflows, enhancing visibility and early response.