Overview of Insider Threat Concepts and Activities

Distance Learning | This training is completed

Access period is 12 months. 12 month period begins on enrollment date.

1/1/2021-12/31/2021

Course Fees (USD)
eLearning: $350

This three (3) hour online course provides a thorough understanding of insider threat terminology, identifies different types of insider threats, teaches how to recognize both technical and behavioral indicators and outlines mitigation strategies.

Please note that successful completion of this course is a required component of the Insider Threat Program Manager, Insider Threat Vulnerability Assessor, and Insider threat Program Evaluator Certificate Programs.

This online course contains three (3) hours of video instruction presented by experts from the CERT NITC. The topics you will study are:



  • Insider Threat definitions, issues, and types

  • Severity and impact of insider threat activity

  • Sabotage: examples, unknown access paths, behavioral and technical precursors

  • Fraud: examples, dynamics, technical aspects, and countermeasures

  • Theft of Intellectual Property: examples, dynamics, exfiltration, and mitigation

  • Unintentional Insider Threat

  • Insider Threat Prevention, Detection, and Mitigation Strategies


There are no prerequisites for this course.



For a detailed course description, please go to Overview of Insider Threat Concepts and Activities

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