“Who Are The Criminals?" - The following text came from the 2004 Annual E-Crime Watch Survey from CERT

“Who Are The Criminals? (continued)

Sources of Insider Intrusions in 2003

Current employees not employed in management positions are most frequently cited as a source of insider intrusions in 2003 (73%) followed by current employees in positions within management (38%). See table below.

• Sources of insider intrusions in 2003 (base: 140)der intrusions in 2003 (base: 140)
• Current employees not in management positions at the time of the intrusion 73%
• Current employees in management positions at the time of the intrusion 38%
• Current contractors/temporary employees at the time of the intrusion 33%
• Former employees previously employed in non-management positions 31%
• Former contractors/temporary employees 15%
• Former employees previously employed in management positions 14%
• Don’t know/Not sure 9%”

Note: Management is a higher risk than contractors and FTE’s are REAL trouble! ;-)

If you want a full copy of the report you can get it from here:

http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/2004eCrimeWatchSummary.pdf