Investigating insider threats : problems and solutions

This master thesis was motivated by a question from a chemical company that was aware of the need to safeguard confidential information against potential threats that could be posed by trusted insiders (i.e. employees, business partners, visitors). Based on the question that rose, ‘what can we do to protect our valuable information against misuse of trusted insiders?’, research has been done on the actual risk of insider threats and measures that could be applied to mitigate these risks.