Spotlight On: Malicious Insiders with Ties to the Internet Underground Community

Abstract

In this article, we focus on insider threat cases in which the insider had relationships with the internet underground community. We begin by defining what we mean by the internet underground as it is used in the context of this article. We then provide a snapshot of the cases that focuses on who, what, why, and how. Next, we provide references to best practices that might have been effective in countering these incidents.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1147218

Entities

People

  • Andrew P. Moore
  • Dawn M. Cappelli
  • Michael Hanley
  • Randall F. Trzeciak

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computers
  • Crime
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Detection
  • Employment
  • Insider Threats
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Risk
  • Security
  • Trade Secrets
  • Vulnerability
  • Websites

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).