Which of the following are examples of behavior indicators associated with insider threat?
- Abnormal Access Requests. ...
- Self-Escalation of User Privileges. ...
- Using Unauthorized Storage Media. ...
- Sending Emails to Recipients Outside the Organization. ...
- Accessing Information and Systems During Off Hours/Vacations. ...
- Sudden Changes in Behavior Towards Coworkers. ...
- Unexplained Financial Gains.
Indicators of a potential insider threat can be broken into four categories--indicators of: recruitment, information collection, information transmittal and general suspicious behavior.
- The employee who exfiltrated data after being fired or furloughed. ...
- The employee who sold company data for financial gain. ...
- The employee who stole trade secrets. ...
- The employees who exposed 250 million customer records. ...
- The nuclear scientists who hijacked a supercomputer to mine Bitcoin.
Any credible anomaly, finding, observation, or indicator associated with other activity or behavior that may also be an indicator of terrorism or espionage.
Which of the following could be considered a possible indicator of an insider threat ? An insider threat is anyone with authorized access to the information or things an organization values most, and who uses that access, either wittingly or unwittingly, to inflict harm to the organization or national security.
Which of the following is NOT considered a potential insider threat indicator? New interest in learning a foregin language.
Alcohol or substance abuse or dependence is not an indicator of potential for insider threat.
What are some potential insider threat indicators? Difficult life circumstances such as substance abuse; divided loyalty or allegiance to the U.S.; or extreme, persistent interpersonal difficulties.
An insider threat is any employee, vendor, executive, contractor, or other person who works directly with an organization. A malicious insider is one that misuses data for the purpose of harming the organization intentionally.
- Sabotage. The insider uses their legitimate access to damage or destroy company systems or data.
- Fraud. The theft, modification, or destruction of data by an insider for the purpose of deception.
- Intellectual Property Theft. ...
- Espionage.
Which type of behavior should you report as a potential insider threat?
An insider threat uses authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to harm national security through unauthorized disclosure, data modification, espionage, terrorism, or kinetic actions resulting in loss or degradation of resources or capabilities.
- Logging in at unusual hours.
- Transferring too much data via the network.
- Accessing unusual resources.
- Unexplained Financial Gain.

Indicators of a Potential Insider Threat
Expressing hatred or intolerance of American society or culture. Expressing sympathy for organizations that promote violence. Expressing extreme anxiety about or refusing a deployment. Associating with or expressing loyalty or support for terrorists.
The NITTF defines five main categories of insider threat which we will discuss in this course: leaks, spills, espionage, sabotage, and targeted violence.
What are some potential insider threat indicators? Difficult life circumstances such as substance abuse; divided loyalty or allegiance to the U.S.; or extreme, persistent interpersonal difficulties.
An insider threat uses authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to harm national security through unauthorized disclosure, data modification, espionage, terrorism, or kinetic actions resulting in loss or degradation of resources or capabilities.
Alcohol or substance abuse or dependence is not an indicator of potential for insider threat.
The NITTF defines five main categories of insider threat which we will discuss in this course: leaks, spills, espionage, sabotage, and targeted violence.