A lack of awareness of what the problem of child sexual abuse material really is and hesitation in terms of how to react if it affects your business. These and many other issues were raised when Police Superintendent Björn Sällström, Cyber Security expert Brian Honan and NetClean CEO Anna Borgström gathered to discuss the finding of NetClean Insights, a report detailing the IT industry’s response to the threat posed by child sexual abuse material.

Over the past year, we’ve transformed NetClean completely. We’re taking the company from the start-up phase to the scale-up phase and finally, we’re in the process of expanding.

NetClean, the fast-growing Swedish software company that provides products to detect and block Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) in corporate IT environments, further strengthens its leadership team.

Insider threats are becoming a burning issue for organizations globally, as a single act of an employee could cost a fortune for the company’s security. Employees with a sexual interest in children are posing a great risk for any company.

Is certain misuse of company assets perceived as less risk to the IT security due to the nature of the crime? Are they being overlooked simply because they are considered to be “soft crimes”?

The COVID-19 pandemic is like a perfect storm for perpetrators. Lockdowns have had a major impact on both children and adults as they have spent more time online, and the result is a dramatic increase in online child sexual abuse crime. Now we know that by fact.

Last week NetClean released NetClean Insights, a first-of-its-kind survey targeting senior IT professionals and assessing the threat that they face from child sexual abuse material (CSAM). I must say that I was taken by the numbers that were revealed but I’m not at all surprised.