Combat IT Sabotage: Technical Solutions from the CERT Insider Threat Lab

Abstract

What is CERT? Center of Internet security expertise. Established in 1988 by the US Department of Defense on the heels of the Morris worm that created havoc on the ARPANET, the precursor to what is the Internet today. Located in the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Federally Funded Research & Development Center (FFRDC). Operated by Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Who is a Malicious Insider? Current or former employee, contractor, or other business partner who has or had authorized access to an organization s network, system or data and intentionally exceeded or misused that access in a manner that negatively affected the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the organization s information or information systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA589981

Entities

People

  • Dawn M. Cappelli
  • Joji Montelibano

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Crime
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Insider Threats
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Sabotage
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering.