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Insider Threats in Cyber Security is a cutting edge text presenting IT and non-IT facets of insider threats together. This volume brings together a critical mass of well-established worldwide researchers, and provides a unique multidisciplinary overview. Monica van Huystee, Senior Policy Advisor at MCI, Ontario, Canada comments "The book will be a must read, so of course I'll need a copy."
Insider Threats in Cyber Security covers all aspects of insider threats, from motivation to mitigation. It includes how to monitor insider threats (and what to monitor for), how to mitigate insider threats, and related topics and case studies.
Insider Threats in Cyber Security is intended for a professional audience composed of the military, government policy makers and banking; financing companies focusing on the Secure Cyberspace industry. This book is also suitable for advanced-level students and researchers in computer science as a secondary text or reference book.
List of contents
Aspects of Insider Threats.- Combatting Insider Threats.- Insider Threat and Information Security Management.- A State of the Art Survey of Fraud Detection Technology.- Combining Traditional Cyber Security Audit Data with Psychosocial Data: Towards Predictive Modeling for Insider Threat Mitigation.- A Risk Management Approach to the "Insider Threat".- Legally Sustainable Solutions for Privacy Issues in Collaborative Fraud Detection.- Towards an Access-Control Framework for Countering Insider Threats.- Monitoring Technologies for Mitigating Insider Threats.- Insider Threat Specification as a Threat Mitigation Technique.
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Insider Threats in Cyber Security is a cutting edge text presenting IT and non-IT facets of insider threats together. This volume brings together a critical mass of well-established worldwide researchers, and provides a unique multidisciplinary overview. Monica van Huystee, Senior Policy Advisor at MCI, Ontario, Canada comments "The book will be a must read, so of course I’ll need a copy."
Insider Threats in Cyber Security covers all aspects of insider threats, from motivation to mitigation. It includes how to monitor insider threats (and what to monitor for), how to mitigate insider threats, and related topics and case studies.
Insider Threats in Cyber Security is intended for a professional audience composed of the military, government policy makers and banking; financing companies focusing on the Secure Cyberspace industry. This book is also suitable for advanced-level students and researchers in computer science as a secondary text or reference book.
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From the reviews:
“This book is an edited volume of nine papers by respected authorities--for example, Peter Neumann--in computing. … The contributions are well written, thorough, and, most importantly, up to date. Each paper includes extensive references, including many from 2010. The intended audience includes graduate students, computer science researchers, and technical professionals on the cutting edge. In short, this book is an excellent contribution to the field.” (David Bellin, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2011)
“This edited book provides a timely summary of recent research and development results in this area of insider-related cyber security issues, which, hopefully, will enable the reader to incorporate insider threats into his/her business decision making processes, and identify avenues for risk reduction. … this book is an important work for academics, policy makers, and practitioners as it is a step toward a better understanding of the recent research and trends in insider threats … .” (Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, SIGACT News, April, 2012)
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From the reviews:
"This book is an edited volume of nine papers by respected authorities--for example, Peter Neumann--in computing. ... The contributions are well written, thorough, and, most importantly, up to date. Each paper includes extensive references, including many from 2010. The intended audience includes graduate students, computer science researchers, and technical professionals on the cutting edge. In short, this book is an excellent contribution to the field." (David Bellin, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2011)
"This edited book provides a timely summary of recent research and development results in this area of insider-related cyber security issues, which, hopefully, will enable the reader to incorporate insider threats into his/her business decision making processes, and identify avenues for risk reduction. ... this book is an important work for academics, policy makers, and practitioners as it is a step toward a better understanding of the recent research and trends in insider threats ... ." (Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, SIGACT News, April, 2012)
