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Alleviating Insider Threats: Mitigation Strategies and Detection Techniques

Author : Jeffrey Lyne Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Alleviating Insider Threats: Mitigation Strategies and Detection Techniques written by Jeffrey Lyne Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insider threats--trusted members of an organization who compromise security--are considered the greatest security threat to organizations. Because of ignorance, negligence, or malicious intent, insider threats may cause security breaches resulting in substantial damages to organizations and even society. This research helps alleviate the insider threat through developing mitigation strategies and detection techniques in three studies. Study 1 examines how security controls--specifically depth-of-authentication and training recency--alleviate non-malicious insider threats through encouraging secure behavior (i.e., compliance with an organization's security policy). I found that 'simpler is better' when implementing security controls, the effects of training diminish rapidly, and intentions are poor predictors of actual secure behavior. Extending Study 1's finding on training recency, Study 2 explains how different types of training alleviate non-malicious insider threat activities. I found that just-in-time reminders are more effective than traditional training programs in improving secure behavior, and again that intentions are not an adequate predictor of actual secure behavior. Both Study 1 and Study 2 introduce effective mitigation strategies for alleviating the non-malicious insider threat; however, they have limited utility when an insider threat has malicious intention, or deliberate intentions to damage the organization. To address this limitation, Study 3 conducts research to develop a tool for detecting malicious insider threats. The tool monitors mouse movements during an insider threat screening survey to detect when respondents are being deceptive. I found that mouse movements are diagnostic of deception. Future research directions are discussed to integrate and extend the findings presented in this dissertation to develop a behavioral information security framework for alleviating both the non-malicious and malicious insider threats in organizations.

Insider Threat

Author : Michael G. Gelles
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0128026227
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Insider Threat written by Michael G. Gelles and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2016-05-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insider Threat: Detection, Mitigation, Deterrence and Prevention presents a set of solutions to address the increase in cases of insider threat. This includes espionage, embezzlement, sabotage, fraud, intellectual property theft, and research and development theft from current or former employees. This book outlines a step-by-step path for developing an insider threat program within any organization, focusing on management and employee engagement, as well as ethical, legal, and privacy concerns. In addition, it includes tactics on how to collect, correlate, and visualize potential risk indicators into a seamless system for protecting an organization’s critical assets from malicious, complacent, and ignorant insiders. Insider Threat presents robust mitigation strategies that will interrupt the forward motion of a potential insider who intends to do harm to a company or its employees, as well as an understanding of supply chain risk and cyber security, as they relate to insider threat. Offers an ideal resource for executives and managers who want the latest information available on protecting their organization’s assets from this growing threat Shows how departments across an entire organization can bring disparate, but related, information together to promote the early identification of insider threats Provides an in-depth explanation of mitigating supply chain risk Outlines progressive approaches to cyber security

The CERT Guide to Insider Threats

Author : Dawn M. Cappelli
Publisher : Addison-Wesley
ISBN 13 : 013290604X
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book The CERT Guide to Insider Threats written by Dawn M. Cappelli and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2001, the CERT® Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has collected and analyzed information about more than seven hundred insider cyber crimes, ranging from national security espionage to theft of trade secrets. The CERT® Guide to Insider Threats describes CERT’s findings in practical terms, offering specific guidance and countermeasures that can be immediately applied by executives, managers, security officers, and operational staff within any private, government, or military organization. The authors systematically address attacks by all types of malicious insiders, including current and former employees, contractors, business partners, outsourcers, and even cloud-computing vendors. They cover all major types of insider cyber crime: IT sabotage, intellectual property theft, and fraud. For each, they present a crime profile describing how the crime tends to evolve over time, as well as motivations, attack methods, organizational issues, and precursor warnings that could have helped the organization prevent the incident or detect it earlier. Beyond identifying crucial patterns of suspicious behavior, the authors present concrete defensive measures for protecting both systems and data. This book also conveys the big picture of the insider threat problem over time: the complex interactions and unintended consequences of existing policies, practices, technology, insider mindsets, and organizational culture. Most important, it offers actionable recommendations for the entire organization, from executive management and board members to IT, data owners, HR, and legal departments. With this book, you will find out how to Identify hidden signs of insider IT sabotage, theft of sensitive information, and fraud Recognize insider threats throughout the software development life cycle Use advanced threat controls to resist attacks by both technical and nontechnical insiders Increase the effectiveness of existing technical security tools by enhancing rules, configurations, and associated business processes Prepare for unusual insider attacks, including attacks linked to organized crime or the Internet underground By implementing this book’s security practices, you will be incorporating protection mechanisms designed to resist the vast majority of malicious insider attacks.

Insider Threats in Cyber Security

Author : Christian W. Probst
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441971335
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Insider Threats in Cyber Security written by Christian W. Probst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insider Threats in Cyber Security is a cutting edge text presenting IT and non-IT facets of insider threats together. This volume brings together a critical mass of well-established worldwide researchers, and provides a unique multidisciplinary overview. Monica van Huystee, Senior Policy Advisor at MCI, Ontario, Canada comments "The book will be a must read, so of course I’ll need a copy." Insider Threats in Cyber Security covers all aspects of insider threats, from motivation to mitigation. It includes how to monitor insider threats (and what to monitor for), how to mitigate insider threats, and related topics and case studies. Insider Threats in Cyber Security is intended for a professional audience composed of the military, government policy makers and banking; financing companies focusing on the Secure Cyberspace industry. This book is also suitable for advanced-level students and researchers in computer science as a secondary text or reference book.

Learning from Access Logs to Mitigate Insider Threats

Author : Wen Zhang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book Learning from Access Logs to Mitigate Insider Threats written by Wen Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Insider Attack and Cyber Security

Author : Salvatore J. Stolfo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387773223
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Book Synopsis Insider Attack and Cyber Security by : Salvatore J. Stolfo

Download or read book Insider Attack and Cyber Security written by Salvatore J. Stolfo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines the nature and scope of insider problems as viewed by the financial industry. This edited volume is based on the first workshop on Insider Attack and Cyber Security, IACS 2007. The workshop was a joint effort from the Information Security Departments of Columbia University and Dartmouth College. The book sets an agenda for an ongoing research initiative to solve one of the most vexing problems encountered in security, and a range of topics from critical IT infrastructure to insider threats. In some ways, the insider problem is the ultimate security problem.

Data Protection from Insider Threats

Author : Elisa Bertino
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608457699
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Data Protection from Insider Threats written by Elisa Bertino and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As data represent a key asset for today's organizations, the problem of how to protect this data from theft and misuse is at the forefront of these organizations' minds. Even though today several data security techniques are available to protect data and computing infrastructures, many such techniques -- such as firewalls and network security tools -- are unable to protect data from attacks posed by those working on an organization's "inside." These "insiders" usually have authorized access to relevant information systems, making it extremely challenging to block the misuse of information while still allowing them to do their jobs. This book discusses several techniques that can provide effective protection against attacks posed by people working on the inside of an organization. Chapter One introduces the notion of insider threat and reports some data about data breaches due to insider threats. Chapter Two covers authentication and access control techniques, and Chapter Three shows how these general security techniques can be extended and used in the context of protection from insider threats. Chapter Four addresses anomaly detection techniques that are used to determine anomalies in data accesses by insiders. These anomalies are often indicative of potential insider data attacks and therefore play an important role in protection from these attacks. Security information and event management (SIEM) tools and fine-grained auditing are discussed in Chapter Five. These tools aim at collecting, analyzing, and correlating -- in real-time -- any information and event that may be relevant for the security of an organization. As such, they can be a key element in finding a solution to such undesirable insider threats. Chapter Six goes on to provide a survey of techniques for separation-of-duty (SoD). SoD is an important principle that, when implemented in systems and tools, can strengthen data protection from malicious insiders. However, to date, very few approaches have been proposed for implementing SoD in systems. In Chapter Seven, a short survey of a commercial product is presented, which provides different techniques for protection from malicious users with system privileges -- such as a DBA in database management systems. Finally, in Chapter Eight, the book concludes with a few remarks and additional research directions. Table of Contents: Introduction / Authentication / Access Control / Anomaly Detection / Security Information and Event Management and Auditing / Separation of Duty / Case Study: Oracle Database Vault / Conclusion

A Multi-Modal Insider Threat Detection and Prevention Based on User's Behaviors

Author : Yassir Hashem
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A Multi-Modal Insider Threat Detection and Prevention Based on User's Behaviors written by Yassir Hashem and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insider threat is one of the greatest concerns for information security that could cause more significant financial losses and damages than any other attack. However, implementing an efficient detection system is a very challenging task. It has long been recognized that solutions to insider threats are mainly user-centric and several psychological and psychosocial models have been proposed. A user's psychophysiological behavior measures can provide an excellent source of information for detecting user's malicious behaviors and mitigating insider threats. In this dissertation, we propose a multi-modal framework based on the user's psychophysiological measures and computer-based behaviors to distinguish between a user's behaviors during regular activities versus malicious activities. We utilize several psychophysiological measures such as electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and eye movement and pupil behaviors along with the computer-based behaviors such as the mouse movement dynamics, and keystrokes dynamics to build our framework for detecting malicious insiders. We conduct human subject experiments to capture the psychophysiological measures and the computer-based behaviors for a group of participants while performing several computer-based activities in different scenarios. We analyze the behavioral measures, extract useful features, and evaluate their capability in detecting insider threats. We investigate each measure separately, then we use data fusion techniques to build two modules and a comprehensive multi-modal framework. The first module combines the synchronized EEG and ECG psychophysiological measures, and the second module combines the eye movement and pupil behaviors with the computer-based behaviors to detect the malicious insiders. The multi-modal framework utilizes all the measures and behaviors in one model to achieve better detection accuracy. Our findings demonstrate that psychophysiological measures can reveal valuable knowledge about a user's malicious intent and can be used as an effective indicator in designing insider threat monitoring and detection frameworks. Our work lays out the necessary foundation to establish a new generation of insider threat detection and mitigation mechanisms that are based on a user's involuntary behaviors, such as psychophysiological measures, and learn from the real-time data to determine whether a user is malicious.

Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Guideline

Author : ASIS International
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934904152
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Guideline written by ASIS International and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Insider Threat

Author : Julie Mehan
Publisher : IT Governance Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1849288402
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Insider Threat written by Julie Mehan and published by IT Governance Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every type of organization is vulnerable to insider abuse, errors, and malicious attacks: Grant anyone access to a system and you automatically introduce a vulnerability. Insiders can be current or former employees, contractors, or other business partners who have been granted authorized access to networks, systems, or data, and all of them can bypass security measures through legitimate means. Insider Threat – A Guide to Understanding, Detecting, and Defending Against the Enemy from Within shows how a security culture based on international best practice can help mitigate the insider threat, providing short-term quick fixes and long-term solutions that can be applied as part of an effective insider threat program. Read this book to learn the seven organizational characteristics common to insider threat victims; the ten stages of a malicious attack; the ten steps of a successful insider threat program; and the construction of a three-tier security culture, encompassing artefacts, values, and shared assumptions. Perhaps most importantly, it also sets out what not to do, listing a set of worst practices that should be avoided. About the author Dr Julie Mehan is the founder and president of JEMStone Strategies and a principal in a strategic consulting firm in Virginia. She has delivered cybersecurity and related privacy services to senior commercial, Department of Defense, and federal government clients. Dr Mehan is also an associate professor at the University of Maryland University College, specializing in courses in cybersecurity, cyberterror, IT in organizations, and ethics in an Internet society

Mitigating Insider Threat Using Human Behavior Influence Models

Author : Anthony J. Puleo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Mitigating Insider Threat Using Human Behavior Influence Models written by Anthony J. Puleo and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Insider Threat

Author : Eleanor E. Thompson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315351617
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Insider Threat written by Eleanor E. Thompson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides emergent knowledge relating to physical, cyber, and human risk mitigation in a practical and readable approach for the corporate environment. It presents and discusses practical applications of risk management techniques along with useable practical policy change options. This practical organizational security management approach examines multiple aspects of security to protect against physical, cyber, and human risk. A practical more tactical focus includes managing vulnerabilities and applying countermeasures. The book guides readers to a greater depth of understanding and action-oriented options.

The CERT Guide to Insider Threats

Author : Dawn Cappelli
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 0321812573
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book The CERT Guide to Insider Threats written by Dawn Cappelli and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2012 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wikileaks recent data exposures demonstrate the danger now posed by insiders, who can often bypass physical and technical security measures designed to prevent unauthorized access. The insider threat team at CERT helps readers systematically identify, prevent, detect, and mitigate threats.

Managing the Insider Threat

Author : Nick Catrantzos
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466566566
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Managing the Insider Threat written by Nick Catrantzos and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adversary who attacks an organization from within can prove fatal to the organization and is generally impervious to conventional defenses. Drawn from the findings of an award-winning thesis, Managing the Insider Threat: No Dark Corners is the first comprehensive resource to use social science research to explain why traditional methods fail aga

Mitigating the Insider Threat with High-Dimensional Anomaly Detection

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Mitigating the Insider Threat with High-Dimensional Anomaly Detection written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this project, we explored new techniques for detecting the threat of insider attacks in enterprise networks. In particular, we explored the use of high-dimensional search techniques such as Latent Semantic Indexing to mitigate the problem of high dimensionality that is inherent in intrusion detection. This new technique can be used for both labeled and unlabeled detection, and shows promise for detecting attacks and anomalies earlier than previously possible and detecting attacks that are similar to past ones.

Insider Threat: Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage, Spying, and Theft

Author : Eric Cole
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080489052
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Insider Threat: Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage, Spying, and Theft written by Eric Cole and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret Service, FBI, NSA, CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) and George Washington University have all identified “Insider Threats as one of the most significant challenges facing IT, security, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals today. This book will teach IT professional and law enforcement officials about the dangers posed by insiders to their IT infrastructure and how to mitigate these risks by designing and implementing secure IT systems as well as security and human resource policies. The book will begin by identifying the types of insiders who are most likely to pose a threat. Next, the reader will learn about the variety of tools and attacks used by insiders to commit their crimes including: encryption, steganography, and social engineering. The book will then specifically address the dangers faced by corporations and government agencies. Finally, the reader will learn how to design effective security systems to prevent insider attacks and how to investigate insider security breeches that do occur. Throughout the book, the authors will use their backgrounds in the CIA to analyze several, high-profile cases involving insider threats. * Tackles one of the most significant challenges facing IT, security, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals today * Both co-authors worked for several years at the CIA, and they use this experience to analyze several high-profile cases involving insider threat attacks * Despite the frequency and harm caused by insider attacks, there are no competing books on this topic.books on this topic

An Approach to Effectively Identify Insider Attacks Within an Organization

Author : Gary W. Doss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book An Approach to Effectively Identify Insider Attacks Within an Organization written by Gary W. Doss and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research is to identify the factors that influence organizational insiders to violate information security policies. There are numerous accounts of successful malicious activities conducted by employees and internal users of organizations. Researchers and organizations have begun looking at methods to reduce or mitigate the insider threat problem. Few proposed methods and models to identify, deter, and prevent the insider threat are based on empirical data. Additionally, few studies have focused on the targets or goals of the insider with organizational control as a foundation. From a target perspective, an organization might be able to control the outcome of a malicious insider threat attack. This research applied a criminology lens as an organization policy violation is, or resembles, a criminal activity. This research uses the Routine Activities Theory (RAT) as a guide to develop a theoretical model. The adoption of RAT was for its focus on the target and the protective controls, while still taking into account the motivated offender. The study identified the components of the model concerning insider threats, espionage, and illicit behavior related to information systems through literature. This led to the development of 10 hypotheses regarding the relationships of key factors that influence malicious insider activity. Data was collected using a scenario-based survey, which allowed for impartial responses from a third-person perspective. This technique has become popular in the field of criminology, as the effects of social desirability, acceptance, or repudiation will not be a concern. A pilot test verified the survey's ability to collect the appropriate data. The research employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) techniques to analyze and evaluate the data. SEM and CFA techniques identified the fit of the model and the factors that influence information security policy violations. The result of the analysis provided criteria to accept the hypotheses and to identify key factors that influence insider Information System policy violations. This research identified the relationships and the level of influence between each factor.