Insider threat study : computer system sabotage in critical infrastructure sectors / Michelle Keeney [and six others].

Author/creator Keeney, Michelle author.
Other author United States. Secret Service, issuing body.
Format Electronic
PublicationWashington, DC : United States Secret Service, 2005.
Description1 online resource (45 pages)
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo151346
Subjects

Portion of title Computer system sabotage in critical infrastructure sectors
Contents Introduction -- Prevalence of incidents of insider sabotage -- The insider threat study -- Characteristics of insider sabotage across critical infrastructure sectors -- Insider characteristics -- Organization characteristics -- Consequences to insiders -- Key findings of the insider threat study of sabotage across critical infrastructure sectors -- The insider's motive -- Pre-attack behavior and planning -- Advancing the attack -- Detecting the attack -- Consequences for targeted organizations -- Implications of the key findings for the prevention of insider sabotage -- The insider's motive -- Pre-attack behavior and planning -- Advancing the attack -- Detecting the attack -- Consequences for target organizations -- Conclusion: Reflections on the findings for the prevention of insider sabotage.
Abstract A new report from the Secret Service and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's CERT found that most acts of insider sabotage on computer systems in critical infrastructure sectors were perpetrated by former employees--motivated at least in part by a desire to seek revenge--who were granted system administrator or privileged access when hired.
General note"May 2005."
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF cover (Secret Service website, viewed Feb. 9, 2021).
GPO item number0520-L (online)
Govt. docs number HS 9.2:IN 7/2 HS 9.2:IN 7

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