By Kevin Kiernan A hot topic in the personnel security field these days is the concept of ‘continuous vetting’ — the idea that automated checks of both classified and publicly
Multiple-Persona Disorder: Understanding All Your Insider Threats
Enterprises with insider threat mitigation programs often focus primarily on detecting and responding to malicious actors. At best, they may subdivide their threats into either malicious or negligent personas. These
Small Businesses Most Vulnerable to Insider Fraud
Employee fraud and abuse cost companies roughly 5% of their annual revenues on average, but small companies suffer disproportionately higher losses due to their trusting cultures and the relatively broad
Gleaning Deeper Insights from Badge Data – Part 1
Organizations with established insider threat detection programs often deploy security solutions that are optimized to perform network log monitoring and aggregation, which makes sense given that these systems excel at
Get the Data You Need
Enterprise security teams responsible for preventing insider threats have mixed feelings about acquiring and analyzing data on individuals. Sure, that data contains a wealth of knowledge about the potential for
How Bayesian Networks Glean Better Insights During Clearance Investigations
Every national security clearance investigation revolves around a simple question: “What is this person not telling me?” After all, if every applicant for a cleared job was completely honest, there
The Case of the ‘Disgruntled’ Tesla Insider
Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that at least one employee stole sensitive intellectual property and sabotaged existing operations at the electric car-maker’s battery plant in Nevada, which would constitute a
