ABSTRACT
When we think of the words “insider threat,” most of us
tend to cringe. Even as security officers, often we don’t
want to talk about it. It is human nature to want to believe
that the threats that we face are outside of our own organi-
zation, and that the enemy is “them” and not one of “us.”
As individuals, we are part of many groups in society
including the companies we work for, professional asso-
ciations, volunteer groups, religious organizations, multi-
ple groups of friends with different interests, and the group
we spend the most time with in our lives, our families. It is
disconcerting to believe that any member of the groups to
which we belong by choice would expose us to bad beha-
vior or that we cannot trust the members of the groups to
which we have chosen to belong. After all, we choose these
groups to provide a certain level of safety, security, and
comfort within our lives.
