Industry experts say companies should go beyond minimum standards on insider threats

By Marjorie Censer / July 18, 2016 at 11:31 AM
As the Pentagon calls for contractors to implement insider threat programs, industry experts say companies should look beyond the minimum standards and consider the benefits such a program could provide in protecting intellectual property. The Pentagon in May published a change to the National Industrial Security Operating Manual that "requires contractors to establish and maintain an insider threat program to detect, deter and mitigate insider threats," according to a Defense Security Service letter on the matter. Contracting experts say companies...

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