Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector
This report describes a new insider threat study funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) in collaboration with the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and the CERT Insider Threat Center, part of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute. Researchers extracted technical and behavioral patterns from 67 insider and 13 external fraud cases; all 80 cases occurred between 2005 and the present. Using this information, we developed insights and risk indicators of malicious insider activity within the banking and finance sector. This information is intended to help private industry, government, and law enforcement more effectively prevent, deter, detect, investigate, and manage insider threats in this sector.
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Security and SurvivabilitySpecial Report
CMU/SEI-2012-SR-004
July 2012
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SEI:
Cummings, Adam; Lewellen, Todd; McIntire, David; Moore, Andrew; & Trzeciak, Randall. Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector (CMU/SEI-2012-SR-004). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12sr004.cfm
IEEE:
A. Cummings, T. Lewellen, D. McIntire, A. Moore, and R. Trzeciak, "Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Special Report CMU/SEI-2012-SR-004, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12sr004.cfm
APA:
Cummings, A., Lewellen, T., McIntire, D., Moore, A., & Trzeciak, R. (2012). Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector (CMU/SEI-2012-SR-004). Retrieved May 26, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12sr004.cfm
CHI:
Cummings, Adam, Todd Lewellen, David McIntire, Andrew Moore, and Randall Trzeciak. Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector (CMU/SEI-2012-SR-004). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12sr004.cfm
MLA:
Cummings, A., Lewellen, T., McIntire, D., Moore, A., & Trzeciak, R. 2012. Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2012-SR-004). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12sr004.cfm
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