The enemy within. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ring, Tim
• Is Part Of: Computer fraud & security. Number 12(2015)
• Page Start: 9
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Computer crimes -- Periodicals; Computers -- Access control -- Periodicals; 364.168
• DOI: 10.1016/S1361-3723(15)30111-1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-3723

Abstract

Abstract : Malicious insiders are the ultimate corporate nightmare: trusted individuals who decide to abuse their status and knowledge to compromise their company. Experts are warning that this insider cyber threat is significantly under-estimated and growing. So what can you do to stop employees who are determined to wreak their revenge while hiding their true intent until it is too late? Tim Ring speaks to threat experts to find the answer. Whether you think him a hero or villain, whistleblower Edward Snowden is the ultimate 'malicious insider'. A man of impeccable credentials – he volunteered to serve in the Iraq War and was one of the CIA's top computer security experts – Snowden became so disillusioned with the electronic espionage by the US on its citizens that he used his privileged access at the NSA's office in Hawaii to steal over a million confidential documents. In May 2013, he fled to Hong Kong and began revealing the data cache that led to the unravelling of Western Government policy on secret mass surveillance.