Framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat

Insider threat is rapidly becoming the largest information security problem that organizations face. With granted access to internal systems, it is becoming increasingly harder to protect organizations from malicious insiders. The typical methods of mitigating insider threat are simply not working,...

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Main Author:	Badawi, Jihad Wajeeh
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33180/5/JihadWajeehBadawiMFSKSM2013.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.331802017-09-11T00:44:11Z Framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat 2013-01 Badawi, Jihad Wajeeh QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Insider threat is rapidly becoming the largest information security problem that organizations face. With granted access to internal systems, it is becoming increasingly harder to protect organizations from malicious insiders. The typical methods of mitigating insider threat are simply not working, primarily because insider threat is a people problem which is problematic at best. The insider threat problem is more elusive and perplexing than any other threat. Assessing the insider threat is the first step to determine the likelihood of any insider threat. Technical solutions do not suffice since insider threats are fundamentally a people issue. Therefore the aims of this research are to identify countermeasures addressing Insider Threat, as well as improve the behavior of end users by knows the factors that influence human behavior in order to mitigate the insider threat and to propose new a Framework of Human Behavior to limit or Mitigate the Insider Threat. In this research the questionnaires was distributed to the employees and one of the expert in CICT, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, after distributing the questionnaires data was collected and analyzed by using (SPSS) program, and finally by getting the result of questionnaires, comments and suggestions from the expert the new framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat was proposed. 2013-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33180/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33180/5/JihadWajeehBadawiMFSKSM2013.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computer Science and Information System Faculty of Computer Science and Information System
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science
spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science Badawi, Jihad Wajeeh Framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat
description	Insider threat is rapidly becoming the largest information security problem that organizations face. With granted access to internal systems, it is becoming increasingly harder to protect organizations from malicious insiders. The typical methods of mitigating insider threat are simply not working, primarily because insider threat is a people problem which is problematic at best. The insider threat problem is more elusive and perplexing than any other threat. Assessing the insider threat is the first step to determine the likelihood of any insider threat. Technical solutions do not suffice since insider threats are fundamentally a people issue. Therefore the aims of this research are to identify countermeasures addressing Insider Threat, as well as improve the behavior of end users by knows the factors that influence human behavior in order to mitigate the insider threat and to propose new a Framework of Human Behavior to limit or Mitigate the Insider Threat. In this research the questionnaires was distributed to the employees and one of the expert in CICT, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, after distributing the questionnaires data was collected and analyzed by using (SPSS) program, and finally by getting the result of questionnaires, comments and suggestions from the expert the new framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat was proposed.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Badawi, Jihad Wajeeh
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author_sort	Badawi, Jihad Wajeeh
title	Framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat
title_short	Framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computer Science and Information System
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Framework of human behavior to mitigate the insider threat

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