The invention comprises a predictive security system apparatus and method of use thereof for predicting a threat level of illicit activity of an actor, the actor using authorized access to company information in generation of a threat. The predictive security system optionally: collects data; processes the data with a predictive engine to predict a threat; checks predicted threats against policies via a policy engine; determines a threat level using a threat engine; checks the threat level against a threshold or metric; and/or reports the threat leading to one or more actions. Optionally, the predictive security system is adaptive and/or iterative based on new information.