Want to Understand Insider Threats? Understand People.

Insider threats are a major risk to all companies, not just those in the national security space. But it’s important to know who the threat actors are – and why they’re acting. Dr. Eric Lang, director of the DoD Personnel and Security Research Center, or PERSEREC, discusses his work on insider threat, and why non-malicious actors are as concerning as the headline grabbing cases we see. You can read more in his 7 Science-Based Commandments for Understanding and Countering Insider Threats."Because it's always a human we just need to pay more attention to human factors, issues," said Lang. "Technology will always be important, but we're just not paying enough attention to the human factors, issues, and particularly the non-malicious actors who are causing those issues." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.