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Identifying and Mitigating Insider Threats

Published/Copyright: July 15, 2011
it - Information Technology
From the journal Volume 53 Issue 4

Abstract

Organisations face many threats that coarsely can be separated in inside threats and outside threats. Threats from insiders are especially hard to counter since insiders have special knowledge and privileges. Therefore, malicious insider actions are hard to distinguish from benign actions. After discussing new definitions of insiders and insider threats, this article gives an overview of how to mitigate insider threats and discusses conflicting goals when dealing with insider threats.

Zusammenfassung

Organisationen sind mit vielfältigen Bedrohungen konfrontiert, die grob in Innenbedrohungen und Außenbedrohungen eingeteilt werden können. Bedrohungen durch Innentäter sind besonders schwer zu verhindern, da Innentäter besondere Kenntnis und Rechte haben. Daher sind bösartige Handlungen von Innentätern schwer von gutartigen Handlungen zu unterscheiden. Im Anschluss an die Definition der Begriffe Innentäter und Innenbedrohung gibt dieser Artikel einen Überblick über Maßnahmen gegen Innenbedrohungen und diskutiert widersprüchliche Ziele bei der Bekämpfung von Innenbedrohungen.

Keywords: insider threats; organisational security; sustainable process security
* Correspondence address: DTU Informatics, Richard Pedersens Plads B. 322, R. 117, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Dänemark,
Published Online: 2011-07-15
Published in Print: 2011-07

© by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Kongens Lyngby, Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1524/itit.2011.0644
Keywords for this article
insider threats; organisational security; sustainable process security

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