Insider Threat Subcommittee
The Insider Threat Subcommittee works to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of both government agencies and the private sector, as well as to foster more effective and secure partnerships. Priorities include:
- Research and analyze challenges related to insider threats, including malicious insiders’ motivations, tactics, and collaborators and the impacts of malicious insiders’ actions;
- Raise awareness of various types of insider threats, including the theft, loss, or leak of classified, sensitive, or proprietary information; the deliberate infliction of damage to an organization’s facilities, operations, or networks; or violence or harassment perpetrated by a trusted insider against other employees of the organization, whether at the workplace, at another location, or online;
- Identify and assess new methods for combating malicious insiders; and
- Capture best practices for establishing and executing insider threat programs
Publications
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New Paper Addresses Insider Threat and Remote Work
September 16, 2021
Finds the impact of the pandemic created both technical and psychological challenges for organizations that increased the risk of insider threats.
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New Paper Tackles Insider Threats and Commercial Espionage
May 26, 2021
Finds that intellectual property theft costs the United States between one and three percent of its $21 trillion annual GDP.
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Mitigating Advanced Persistent Insider Threats
October 06, 2020
Examines how large scale thefts of personal data help America’s adversaries target, exploit, and recruit sources inside government agencies, businesses, and universities.
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Just Released: HR and Insider Threat Mitigation White Paper
September 25, 2020
Finds that adopting a holistic insider threat policy allows an organization to not only identify potential “bad actors” but also help employees through difficult times, enabling the company both to reduce its susceptibility to insider risks and to retain talented personnel.