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Insider Threat Mitigation

October 2015 • Presentation
William R. Claycomb, Andrew P. Moore

Explores hypothesis that over time, insider social networks exhibit weakening of internal connections and strengthening of external connections to adversaries

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Abstract

To examine the hypothesis regarding social network behavior, SEI researchers used data from ~140 insider espionage incidents and measured connection strength over time between insider and family/coworkers/adversaries through communication frequency and affect positivity.