Inclination of Insider Threats’ Mitigation and Implementation: Concurrence View from Malaysian Employees

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss on the insider threat risks and challenges which have been the biggest problem to most organisations. The survey has gauged the employees’ agreements level of recommended practices derived from the “Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats” produced by the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (SEI-CMU). The available research works by Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie-Mellon University (CERT) offered an effective and possible approach towards identifying the insider threats risk and challenges by identifying feasible activity for implementation as part of a review process within organisation. The respondents indicate that majority of the companies in Malaysia who participated in the survey are basically agreeable to it and currently implementing the recommended practices. The results suggested that most companies are aware of the threats and ready for effective countermeasures. Three factors i.e. motive, method and opportunity must be recognised, identified and suppressed within the organization boundary. As a conclusion, this research could assist organization to understand the general acceptance of the respondents towards suggested practices and it could be some important facts that finding effective way to implement best practices are the demand for further research.