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| '''1.''' An employee within the organization may be unhappy with his treatment or is a spy from a competitor organization. This prejudice against the organization causes the employee to perform actions that impact the information assets.  
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| '''1.''' Insider threat refers to an employee within the organization who may be unhappy with his treatment or is a spy from a competitor organization. This prejudice against the organization causes the employee to perform actions that impact the organisation's [[Information_Asset|information assets]].  
Related Term: [[The Human Element]]
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Revision as of 07:42, 31 August 2017

1. Insider threat refers to an employee within the organization who may be unhappy with his treatment or is a spy from a competitor organization. This prejudice against the organization causes the employee to perform actions that impact the organisation's information assets.

Related Term: The Human Element

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

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2. Although insider threat actors tend to be less frequent than their external counterparts are, we readily admit they make up some of the most interesting cases. Insider related data breaches involve threat actors with some level of trust and privilege causing a data breach through malicious intent.
Source: (Verizon, 2016)