People are an organisation's biggest asset, however, in some cases, they can also pose an insider risk. As organisations implement increasingly sophisticated physical and cyber security measures to protect their assets from external threats, the recruitment of insiders becomes a more attractive option for those attempting to gain access
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Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the topic, there are things you can do to help get fully prepared. With research, partnerships and intelligence, NPSA guidance provides a recommended programme, tools and guidance, to help organisations prevent, manage and recover from an insider event
If you're new to the topic, get started here with this helpful insider risk overview
Access NPSA’s tools and resources here to increase your insider risk-readiness
Be Insider Risk Ready
NPSA encourages businesses to ‘Be Insider Risk Ready’ under its new umbrella campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of the consequences of an insider event.
Learn the Basics
Quick-start your understanding with these easy explainers
Insider risk explained
Speak a common language with our Insider Risk definitions
Personnel security: a 6-step guide
Stay secure throughout the employee journey
Ten steps to risk assessment
Ten important steps to mitigate insider risk
Guidance
Step-by-step advice to implement protective security measures
Insider Events - Communications Guidance
Learn about the consequences of organisational and business leaders not mitigating against insider events
Ongoing personnel security
Help your organisation develop and plan effective practices for countering the insider threat
Employment screening
Deter, detect and deny those seeking to harm your organisation
Education and Resources
Improve your insider risk readiness with these practical materials
Insider Risk Mitigation Framework
What components to include in an effective insider threat programme
Digital learning modules
Springboard your learning through these bitesize learning modules
Insider crisis simulations
Build collaboration and readiness, by practising your team’s insider response
What's new
Stay abreast of the latest developments in insider risk
NPSA launches Be Insider Risk Ready
05/03/2024
NPSA encourage businesses to “Be Insider Risk Ready” under a new umbrealla campaign being launched this week
Are you ready for an insider event?
13/11/2023
Test your team’s crisis preparedness with new insider event crisis scenarios
NPSA launches new communications guidance
10/10/2023
Crisis communications best practice to reduce the impact of insider events with actions to take before, during and after an event.
NPSA changes insider risk definitions
22/05/2023
Build a common understanding with new insider risk terminology.
If you have people, you have an insider risk: A David Smith case study
28/03/2023
Insider events are increasing. Learn from recent examples to help build your readiness.