Insider threats 101: The threat withinch

  • 13 December 2014
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Author: Jim Gogolinski, Senior Threats Researcher

 
Posted on 12 December 2014.Recent events – both in the United States and in Japan – have forced IT administrators everywhere to reevaluate the possibility of insider threats. Because of their very nature, it can be difficult to handle these problems, particularly because the mindset needed to handle them can vary.

The insider threat can be broken down into three issues: why do people within become threats, what damage can they do, and how these can be prevented.

Why do people become insider threats?

It can be difficult to understand the motivation of people who are insider threats: they act against an organization that they are (or were) a part of and indirectly act against their own interests.

One model we can use to examine motives is espionage. If not quite as severe, the basic question is similar. The motives of would-be spies are frequently described using the acronym MICE:
  • M – Money
  • I – Ideology
  • C – Coercion
  • E – Ego.
 
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