CyberPsychology: Conquering Insider Threat 2024

Overview

The greatest cybersecurity risks your organization faces are breaches due to accidental, negligent or malicious activities of an organizational insider. Together, these represent the largest risk of financial loss and reputational damage to any organization. In this crucial session, attendees (IT and non-IT experts) will learn how to develop an organizational approach to insider threats and how to implement proactive approaches to recognize evolving risks and weaknesses. Attendees will learn the important assets they can use to detect and thwart security risks. They will understand breach tactics, behavioral and data patterns that indicate risks, and the most effective weapons against insider threats in the ongoing cyberwar.

Highlights

• Exploiting control gaps and control weaknesses
• Psychological tactics used in attacks
• A review of robust controls
• Data access observables, changes in network patterns
• A review of the audit, HR, IT and management relationships
• Proactive approaches to recognize evolving risks and avoid breaches

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

CPAs

Objectives

• Identify breach tactics
• Understand how to close these gaps
• Determine an effective insider threat detection program

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by the California Education Foundation (CalCPA). Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.