Redefining Insider Threats

In this episode, we speak with Dr Lisa Warren, a pioneer of
the behavioural threat management field in Australia. Dr Warren
is an internationally recognized expert in the evaluation of
those who persistently perpetrate aggression, sexual harms and
social media harms.


Dr Warren explains why the traditional definition of an insider
threat, that being an employee, or former employee, who takes
proprietary data for personal gain is perhaps no longer accurate
in that it is not broad enough. In this podcast, Dr Warren
explains that exploitation can go well beyond the risks to
computer data, and she explores the benefits of challenging the
traditional definition of insider threat to include the range of
behavioural threats employees can pose to an organisation, its
reputation and business continuity. Opportunities for detecting
insider threats early are presented, as the benefits of creating
a physically and psychologically safe workplaces where aggressive
and deceptive behaviour are not tolerated.