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Summary of Discussions at a Planning Meeting on Cyber-Security and the Insider Threat to Classified Information (2001) / Chapter Skim
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2. High-Grade Threats and High-Value Targets
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... (The reason is that individuals granted access to classified information routinely sign away many rights to privacy that most people take for granted.) During the course of the meeting, however, participants often expanded the discussion to include threats other than insider threats and to inclucle systems other than classified systems.
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... In other words, serious security threats require serious attention on the part of the larger research and practitioner community. Any such efforts should encompass classified systems (national security 4
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... Differing Categories of and Motivations for presiders Participants acknowledged that defining the term 'insider' is difficult. Persons who constitute insider threats range from incompetent users making critical mistakes to moles who have been recruited, trained, and planted by nefarious outsiders; their motivations also vary widely and include the desire for recognition for hacking skills, ideological convictions, and monetary incentives.
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