Protection from Insider Threats

Synonyms

Insider; Spy

Definition

Insider threats can be either malicious or unintentional.

A malicious insider threat is any current or former employee, contractor, or other business partner who has or had authorized access to an organization’s network, system, or data and intentionally exceeded or misused that access in a manner that negatively affected the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the organization’s information or information systems.

An unintentional insider threat is a current or former employee, contractor, or other business partner who has or had authorized access to an organization’s network, system, or data and who, through action/inaction and without malicious intent, causes harm or substantially increases the probability of future harm to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the organization’s information or information systems.

The content of this entry will describe malicious insider threats only.

Malicious insiders pose a substantial...