Chapter 1. Overview
Insiders pose a substantial threat due to their knowledge of and access to their employers’ systems and/or information. They bypass physical and electronic security measures through legitimate means every day. There is no demographic profile of a malicious insider—they are men and women, married and single, young and old, and cover a range of ethnicities. However, we have identified some distinct characteristics of insiders and their crimes, which can be used in designing mitigation strategies.
Insider IT sabotage is typically committed by technical users with privileged access, such as system administrators, database administrators, and programmers. The motivation in these crimes is usually revenge for a negative workplace ...
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