Recent blog posts
Introducing Counter-Insider Threat Research and Practice, the Editor-in-Chief discusses the journal’s scope, its intended social-science based research and operational contributions, and the research- and practitioner-oriented articles comprising the inaugural issue.
Challenges and thoughts on the future evolution of the Critical Pathway to Insider Risk (CPIR) framework, which is widely used to describe characteristics and contributing factors underlying insider threat incidents.
Extending the notion of insider threats beyond characterizing maladaptive behaviors and psychopathologies to reflect normal psychological mechanisms for coping with perceived discrepancies in attitudes or behaviors versus those of groups.
Why and how insider risk management programs should consider a positive deterrence approach to promote the mutual interests of employees and their organization in ways that reduce insider risk.
This study on protecting critical assets against domestic extremism threats emphasizes the importance of appropriate prevention and response measures and early intervention for insiders potentially vulnerable to radicalization.
Seven science-based “commandments” provide overarching human factors and social science insights and recommendations for understanding and countering insider threats.
A Department of Defense stakeholder’s perspective on the mission and evolution of its counter-insider threat program.
The National Insider Threat Task Force welcomes the publication of this new journal to provide a needed social/behavioral science perspective on the counter-insider threat mission.
Research by PERSEREC and its Threat Lab promotes collaboration among organizational leaders, policy-makers, operations managers, HR specialists, security professionals, social scientists, and education/training experts to understand and counter insider threat.