Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture
The Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture (ITSRA) provides an enterprise-wide solution to insider threat. The architecture consists of four security layers: Business, Information, Data, and Application. Organizations should deploy and enforce controls at each layer to address insider attacks. None of the layers function in isolation or independently of other layers. Rather, the correlation of indicators and application of controls across all four layers form the crux of this approach. Empirical data consisting of more than 700 cases of insider crimes show that insider attacks proved successful in inflicting damage when an organization failed to implement adequate controls in any of three security principles: authorized access, acceptable use, and continuous monitoring. The ITSRA draws from existing best practices and standards as well as from analysis of these cases to provide actionable guidance for organizations to improve their posture against the insider threat.
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Security and SurvivabilityTechnical Report
CMU/SEI-2012-TR-007
April 2012
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SEI:
Montelibano, Joji; & Moore, Andrew. Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture (CMU/SEI-2012-TR-007). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tr007.cfm
IEEE:
J. Montelibano, and A. Moore, "Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2012-TR-007, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tr007.cfm
APA:
Montelibano, J., & Moore, A. (2012). Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture (CMU/SEI-2012-TR-007). Retrieved June 19, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tr007.cfm
CHI:
Montelibano, Joji, and Andrew Moore. Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture (CMU/SEI-2012-TR-007). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tr007.cfm
MLA:
Montelibano, J., & Moore, A. 2012. Insider Threat Security Reference Architecture (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2012-TR-007). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tr007.cfm
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