Insider Risk Theory
Conceptual models and behavioral insights that explain how insider risk evolves, including motivation, drift, and risk escalation patterns.
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James Weston
Insider Risk Theory
The Insider Risk Convergence: Crime, Access, and Asymmetric Disruption
The nature of insider risk can be considered to be moving toward a point of convergence in which Augmented Organised Crime Group (AOCG)s, geopolitical instability, and AI-driven organizational change interact in ways that materially alter the character of internal threat. The concern is not simply that insider threat incidents may...
James Weston
Insider Risk Theory
Perimeter to Population: A New Vocabulary for Insider Threat
In 1969, the United States Department of Defense launched ARPANET, one of the earliest packet-switched networks, linking research institutions and government agencies to share scarce computing resources. ARPANET became the proving ground for many of the technical principles that underpin today’s Internet.The intellectual foundations of this network trace back to...
James Weston
Insider Risk Theory
Behavioral Drift as a Predictive Signal for Insider Threat Escalation
In the practice of insider risk management, there is often a tendency to focus exclusively on acute acts of harm; data exfiltration, sabotage, and unauthorized disclosure. But these outcomes are seldom sudden. More often, they represent the final step in a longer behavioral trajectory that begins with relatively minor, individually...