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Insider threat detection tools and resources it security. Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed with initial capital letters or in all capitals. April 10, 2019 the cert national insider threat center, part of the seis cert division, has released the sixth edition of its common sense guide to mitigating insider threats. The book provides a unique perspective on insider threats as the cert insider threat center pioneered the study of the topic, and has exceptional and empirical data to back up their findings.
First, thank you selection from the cert guide to insider threats. We have been researching this problem since 2001 in partnership with the dod, the u. This book is an invaluable guide to establishing effective processes for managing the risk of insider attacks, and it should be on every security professionals wish list this year. Cert also provides a list of best practices that organizations can adopt to shore up their insider threat programs. An introduction to detecting and deterring an insider.
These cases primarily involved current 79% and former employees 17%. Cert insider threat vulnerability assessments, itva. Counterintelligence information security insider threat. In this book, the authors present best practices for managing the security and survivability of people, information, technology, and. This book is an invaluable guide to establishing effective processes for managing the risk of insider attacks. National insider threat task force nittf fbi counterintelligence. Learn more about the guide and meet the authors at rsa conference 2017 on monday, feb.
Breakdown of cases in the insider threat database 7. Since 2001, our team has been collecting information about malicious insider activity within u. Acknowledgments we would like to start by thanking our amazing team at the cert insider threat center. While the gold standard on the topic is still the cert guide to insider threats. This chapter offers a model to prevent insider theft of intellectual property. This certification establishes a common standard of fundamental knowledge and skills required of all who serve and support the cint capability. The first half of this chapter describes the model at a high level. While many consider insiders to be employees, the book does a very good job of showing how to deal with other types of insiders.
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