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Managing the Insider Threat
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Managing the Insider Threat

by Nick Catrantzos
May 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
363 pages
13h 58m
English
CRC Press
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CHAPTER 5

Rethinking Background Investigations

To know what you know and know what you don’t know is the characteristic of one who knows.

Confucius

INTRODUCTION

A background investigation is a snapshot in time. It provides a necessarily finite view, seldom a panorama revealing all the peccadilloes and skullduggeries beneath the surface yet accessible only through deeper probes which few institutions can afford as a matter of routine. Thus, the typical background investigation is only as good as the accuracy and scope of the information it uncovers, the degree to which areas of investigation meet the needs of the institution commissioning the probe, and the extent to which the individual receiving the results of that effort can interpret and ...

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ISBN: 9781439872932