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Exploring insider threat awareness and mitigation : more than the devil in disguise
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Abstract
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| Employees that steal, commit fraud, sabotage or leak confidential information: it is every employer’s nightmare. Even though every public or private organisation – big or small – is vulnerable to so-called ‘insider threats’, this problem is too often overlooked because organisations assume that their employees can be trusted. Indeed, employees need to be trusted with access to the organizational assets because they need it in order to do their job. Still, this access implies that insiders are largely exempted from the security obstacles that external enemies have to overcome. Despite the fact that insiders can relatively easier threaten the organization’s assets, they are often overlooked as potential threat. Belgium already encountered multiple insider threat incidents. The most striking example is the nuclear reactor Doel 4 that was deliberately sabotaged by an insider. More recent examples in Belgium are Jürgen Conings and Operation Sky. To on the one hand raise awareness on the insider threat problem, and on the other hand provide organizations with mitigation measures to better secure themselves against insider threats, research was done with the support from Brussels Airport Company, Bel-V, Elia, Engie-Electrabel, the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control and G4S on the insider threat problem. The results of the first part of the research provide us with insights on the awareness gaps of Belgian organizations concerning the characteristics of the insider threat as well as the ways to mitigate it. The results of the second part of the research give useful insights on what can be considered ‘red flags’ of insider threats that organizations should be vigilant of, as well as with mitigation measures that organizations can use to better secure themselves against insider threats. |
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Language
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English
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Publication
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Antwerpen
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Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Departement Politieke Wetenschappen
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2023
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xviii, 619 p.
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Note
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Sauer, Tom [Supervisor]
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Full text (open access)
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