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The Feasibility of Using Behavioural Profiling Technique for Mitigating Insider Threats: Review

Authors

Gaseb Alotibi1, Nathan Clarke2, Fudong Li2 and Steven Furnell2,3, 1Plymouth University, United Kingdom, 2Edith Cowan University, Western Australia and 3Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Abstract

Insider threat has become a serious issue to the many organizations. Various companies are increasingly deploying many information technologies to prevent unauthorized access to getting inside their system. Biometrics approaches have some techniques that contribute towards controlling the point of entry. However, these methods mainly are not able to continuously validate the users reliability. In contrast behavioral profiling is one of the biometrics technologies but it focusing on the activities of the users during using the system and comparing that with a previous history. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis, literature review and limitations on behavioral profiling approach and to what extent that can be used for mitigating insider misuse.

Keywords

insider threat, behaviouial profiling, insider misuse

Full Text  Volume 9, Number 11