Managing the Insider Threat

Foreword

When conflict is a question of force against force, options are simple. Victory goes to the side that has the bigger numbers, the better weapons, or superior maneuvering capability. But what happens when the real danger comes from within? Insider threats scare all of us because we can never be sure that we are so strong, so fast, or so powerful that one well-placed betrayer cannot cost us everything. This book examines precisely this challenge of our age, the insider threat, and how to defend against it.

Nick Catrantzos and I trace our collaboration to the 1990s, when Nick worked on one of my consulting engagements for a major information powerhouse. The latter came to me after spending tens of millions of dollars to anticipate an upcoming ...