Comments on: Insider Threats http://securitymusings.com/article/318/insider-threats Rants and raves from information security professionals Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:25:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Anil Polat http://securitymusings.com/article/318/insider-threats#comment-139 Anil Polat Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:49:00 +0000 http://securitymusings.com/article/318/insider-threats#comment-139 <p>I think this goes against our natural instincts (the same goes for companies, clients, etc).</p> <p>For most of our evolutionary life we’ve really faced mostly external threats – disease, big predators, other groups of people.</p> <p>The direction of information security is the same, worry about all of the external threats, trust administrators, and so on.</p> <p>Most security “tests” are done from the outside and internal audits can be touchy subjects. I just gave myself the post for tomorrow: balancing trust and security during internal assessments.</p> I think this goes against our natural instincts (the same goes for companies, clients, etc).

For most of our evolutionary life we’ve really faced mostly external threats – disease, big predators, other groups of people.

The direction of information security is the same, worry about all of the external threats, trust administrators, and so on.

Most security “tests” are done from the outside and internal audits can be touchy subjects. I just gave myself the post for tomorrow: balancing trust and security during internal assessments.

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