Bank Insider for Sale: Analytic Approaches to Deter Bank Insider Threats
1 December 2017
Joan McGowan
Key research questions
- What are banks up against?
- How do you prevent a privileged and knowledgeable rogue insider from committing a nefarious act?
- What new tools are required to mitigate insider threats?
Abstract
Are any of your bank employees for sale?
Bank insiders have the upper hand; they use the same knowledge, skills, processes, and access to commit crimes as they use to do their jobs. To recognize the complex human behavioral traits of a rogue insider, a bank must invest in AI and personal behavior analysis techniques.
This report examines the pervasiveness of insider threats and recommends a technical and nontechnical, long-game approach to combatting insider threats.