Insider Threats: What Does Good Look Like?
Updated: Oct 15
How confident are you that what you have actually works?
Most organisations can point to something when asked about insider threat. Vetting. Access controls. Policies. Monitoring. Awareness training. Reporting mechanisms. Investigation processes.
The problem is that having these things is different from being good at managing insider threats.
An organisation may have sophisticated monitoring technology but limited clarity about what it is looking for. It may have strong policies that have little influence on day-to-day behaviour. It may collect warning signs across HR, security, cyber and line management without anyone ever seeing the complete picture. It may have experienced investigators who only become involved after significant harm has already occurred.
Having the pieces is not the same as being good.
Being good requires something more deliberate. It requires an organisation to understand what it is protecting, where trust can create opportunities for harm, what meaningful behavioural change looks like, how concerns surface and reach the right people, and how the organisation will respond when something is wrong.
This paper explores five considerations that help define what good looks like:
Know What Matters
Govern Trust Deliberately
Recognise Change
Make It Possible for People to Speak
Know How to Act
Individually, each contributes something important. The real strength lies in how they connect.
The question is no longer whether each element exists.
Do they work together when it counts?
Download the full article to explore what good looks like for your organisation.