Insider threat studies released by CERT

CERT has issued two new reports into insider threats: ‘Illicit Cyber Activity in the Government Sector’ and ‘Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity in the Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector’. These reports present the findings of research efforts to examine reported insider incidents within their respective sectors, focusing on both technical and behavioral aspects of actual compromises.

Insiders can be current or former employees and contractors who have or had authorized access to their organization's system and networks who are familiar with internal policies, procedures, and technology and can exploit that knowledge to facilitate attacks and even collude with external attackers.

Go to http://www.cert.org/insider_threat/ to download the new reports.

•Date: 10th January 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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