Identifying At-Risk Employees: Modeling Psychosocial Precursors of Potential Insider Threats
In many insider crimes, managers and other coworkers observed that the offenders had exhibited signs of stress, disgruntlement, or other issues, but no alarms were raised. Barriers to using such psychosocial indicators include the inability to recognize the signs and the failure to record the behaviors so that they can be assessed. A psychosocial model was developed to assess an employee's behavior associated with an increased risk of insider abuse. The model is based on case studies and research literature on factors/correlates associated with precursor behavioral manifestations of individuals committing insider crimes. To test the model's agreement with human resources and management professionals, we conducted an experiment with positive results. If implemented in an operational setting, the model would be part of a set of management tools for employee assessment to identify employees who pose a greater insider threat.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1035427
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-80437; TRN: US201204%%598
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 4-7, 2012, Maui, Hawaii, 2392-2401
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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