The Insider Threat: Analyzing and Modeling

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Amin, Assiabi | 2012

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: English
Document No: 43539 (52)
University: Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, Kish Island
Department: Science and Engineering
Advisor(s): Hendesi, Faramarz
Abstract:
Nowadays, most of businesses are becoming computer-based. This trend causes the organizations to become more vulnerable to internal and external threats. Internal threats are done through insiders. Insiders unlike outsiders have capabilities which aid them to easily carry out their illicit activities. Unfortunately, most of research in computer security has focused on the outsider threats, whereas the most damaging is the result of insiders’ illicit activities.This dissertation addresses three primary necessities of the research in the area of insider threat: a consistent definition of insider threat, a classification of types of insider threats, and a classification of vulnerabilities which insiders usually exploit to carry out their illicit activities. Also this dissertation introduces two insider threat models: Insider Activity Model and Motivation Model which enable organizations and researches to gain a better understanding of an insider’s behavior and enhance their ability to predict associated risks.
Keywords:
Modeling ; Inside Threat ; Theft ; Saboteur ; Fraud

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