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Insider Threat Awareness

Examines the risks posed by insider threats, including malicious employees, negligent staff, and compromised credentials. Articles cover detection techniques, behavioral indicators, monitoring tools, security policies, and training programs that help organizations identify and mitigate threats originating from within.

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Insider Threat Awareness

Insider Threat Awareness: What Most Companies Miss

In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice charged a former Google engineer with stealing proprietary AI trade secrets while secretly working for two China-based companies. He had access for years. He passed background checks. He was a trusted employee. And that's exactly the point — the most

Carl B. Johnson Mar 31, 2026 5 min read
Insider Threat Awareness

Insider Threat Awareness: What Your Team Isn't Telling You

In July 2020, a 17-year-old in Florida convinced a Twitter employee to hand over internal credentials. Within hours, threat actors had hijacked 130 high-profile accounts — including those of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Apple — and used them to run a Bitcoin scam. The breach didn't start with a

Carl B. Johnson Dec 20, 2020 7 min read
Insider Threat Awareness

Insider Threat Awareness: What Most Companies Miss

The Threat Already Inside Your Building In January 2023, the FBI arrested a former GE Aviation employee who had spent years downloading thousands of proprietary turbine technology files and transferring trade secrets to a competing business in China. The insider had legitimate access. He passed every background check. He sat

Carl B. Johnson Oct 01, 2019 6 min read