Managing the insider threat : no dark corners / Nick Catrantzos.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem and limits of accepted wisdom -- New research and contrarian findings -- Agents of change: corporate sentinels -- Agents of change: leaders and copilots -- Rethinking background investigations -- Deception and the insider threat -- Lawful disruption of the insider threat -- Existential insider threats -- Other insider threats -- Consulting for no dark corners implementation.

An adversary who attacks an organization from within can prove fatal to the organization and is generally impervious to conventional defenses. Drawn from the findings of an award-winning thesis, Managing the Insider Threat: No Dark Corners is the first comprehensive resource to use social science research to explain why traditional methods fail against these trust betrayers. In this groundbreaking book, author Nick Catrantzos identifies new management, security, and workplace strategies for categorizing and defeating insider threats. The book begins with problem definition and research finding.