Insider Threat Data Sharing

Abstract

Insider threat is a significant problem for both governmental and private organizations. Individuals can do immense harm with their trusted accesses. To combat this threat, organizations have created departments with trained analysts whose sole purpose is to deter, detect, and mitigate the insider threat. These analysts monitor employees and analyze activities to detect dangerous practices, whether witting or unwitting, and report these actions to supervisors for mitigation. When organizations share insider threat information among each other, it can improve all organizations abilities to deter, detect, or mitigate the insider threat. The challenge lies in merging external and existing data with as little human interaction as possible. This thesis examines the work that takes place in an insider threat department and identifies requirements for a solution that would allow for information sharing between organizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1029918

Entities

People

  • Jeremey J. Sellen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Information Exchange
  • Insider Threats
  • Supervisors
  • Threats

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Economics