@inproceedings{c349b1de9e9f4439ba357ccf10cf12c5,
title = "System dynamics approach to malicious insider cyber-threat modelling and analysis",
abstract = "Enforcing cybersecurity controls against malicious insiders touches upon complex issues like people, process and technology. In large and complex systems, addressing the problem of insider cyber threat involves diverse solutions like compliance, technical and procedural controls. This work applies system dynamics modelling to understand the interrelationships between three distinct indicators of a malicious insider, in order to determine the possibility of a security breach through developing trends and patterns. It combines observable behaviour of actors based on the well-established theory of planned behaviour; technical footprints from incident log information and social network profiling of personality traits, based on the {\textquoteleft}big five{\textquoteright} personality model. Finally, it demonstrates how system dynamics as a risk modelling approach can flag early signs of malicious insider threats by aggregating associative properties of different risk elements. Our initial findings suggest that key challenges to combating insider threats are uncertainty, irregular intervals between malicious activities and exclusion of different personality factors in the design of cyber-security protocols. Based on these insights we propose how this knowledge may help with mitigation controls in a secure environment.",
keywords = "Cyber security, Cyber-risk behavior, Malicious insider, Personality profiling, Risk modelling, System dynamics",
author = "Tesleem Fagade and Theo Spyridopoulos and Nabeel Albishry and Theo Tryfonas",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-58460-7_21",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319584591",
volume = "10292 LNCS",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag Berlin",
pages = "309--321",
booktitle = "Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust - 5th International Conference, HAS 2017 Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Proceedings",
note = "5th International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust, HAS 2017, held as part of 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2017 ; Conference date: 09-07-2017 Through 14-07-2017",
}