The Insider Threat: Reasons, Effects and Mitigation Techniques
Dimitrios Tsiostas, George Kittes, Nestoras Chouliaras, Ioanna Kantzavelou, Leandros A. Maglaras, Christos Douligeris, Vasileios Vlachos · 2020
The insider threat is increasingly becoming extremely important for companies, organizations and even governments. A malicious, or even a careless, insider can cause severe damage to the resources and the reputation of an organization. In this article, we provide an overview of the basic characteristics of insider cyber-security threats and we present current approaches and controls of mitigating such threats.