Insider Threat

NCSC co-leads the National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF) with the FBI. The NITTF helps the Executive Branch build programs that deter, detect, and mitigate actions by insiders who may represent a threat to national security. The NITTF develops guidance, provides assistance, assesses progress and analyzes new and continuing insider threat challenges. It is important to note that insider threat programs target anomalous activities, not individuals, so the NITTF’s work is coordinated with the relevant organization’s records management office, legal counsel, and civil liberties and privacy officials to build-in protections against infringing upon employees’ civil liberties, civil rights, privacy and whistleblower protections.

Insider Threat Websites

• National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF)
• FBI Counterintelligence
• Defense Security Service (DSS)
• CERT Insider Threat Center

Relevant Reports, Briefings & Reading Material:

• CERT: Common Sense Guide, 5th edition (PDF)
• FBI: The Insider Threat: An introduction to detecting and deterring an insider spy (PDF)
• DSS: Unauthorized Disclosure Toolkit (Center for Development of Security Excellence)