You THINK your work is critical. The bad guys KNOW your work is critical.


Below is a glimpse of Insider incidents that have touched each and every US critical infrastructure sector. Whether or not your organization fits neatly into one of the 16 US Critical Infrastructure Sectors, you have assets worth protecting.

Discussions on funding or resources are inevitable; however, the upfront or continuing costs of mitigating insider risk cannot be fully understood without comparing to the cost of ignoring or poorly managing the risk.

To be clear, evidence makes clear the cost of action is significantly less than the cost of inaction.



CHEMICAL SECTOR


COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SECTOR

Disney Employee Manipulates Food Menu Systems (2024)

COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR


CRITICAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR

“Chinese National Sentenced for Stealing Ford Trade Secrets” (2006-2007)

DAMS SECTOR

“The Cyber-Dam Break” (2013)

DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE SECTOR





FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTOR

“Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets” (2007-2012)

GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND FACILITIES SECTOR


HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR

“Former Uber Executive Sentenced To 18 Months In Jail For Trade Secret Theft From Google” (2016)

NUCLEAR REACTORS, MATERIALS, AND WASTE SECTOR


TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SECTOR

“Former American Airlines Mechanic Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Destroy an Aircraft” (2019)

WATER AND WASTEWATER SECTOR

“Tracy Resident Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility” (2021)
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