You are required to identify that which type of security threat (Internal / external) has occurred for this organization in this case?

As you know Cyber attacks can originate from within an organization as well as from outside of it. Suppose the Information security team of  XYZ  organization investigate and revealed that the user accounts and access privileges of a former employee were not fully removed from the IT systems on leaving the company.

In the investigation report, the team identified that  this former employee, who now works for a competitor, logged into this organization’s customer database only three days ago.

You are required to identify that which type of security threat (Internal / external) has occurred for this organization in this case?

Answer:

In the above-mentioned case “Internal Security Threat “occurred.