A recent survey from Washington Post Journal showed that: 76% of Insider attackers hadn't joined the company with the intention of stealing or sabotaging operations. The decision to act maliciously came as a result of changes to the employee's financial situation or ideology, because of desire for recognition, negative work experience, drug/alcohol dependency, or poor management.

Despite all focus on Information security, Physical security, and Technical security, the major risk both for governments and corporate business is the enemy within; The Human! We all have our strengths and vulnerabilities; make sure you know them yourself and make sure you don't expose them to your or companies' enemy or competitor. Your awareness can be a strength, not a vulnerability.

And the targeter with hostile intent works you around once he found you suitable, assessing you by the MICE acronym. Money has always made employers willing to take the risk, actually the most common risk. Ideology is used to make an employer spy, whether it is a discrepancy between our core values and the corporate values, for instance, it is a vulnerable spot of you. Compromise by blackmail, outing the employee's innermost secrets have pushed employees deep down to the pitch dark of no return. Ego and excitement can go a long way to maintain an insider's productivity, often with revenge or retaliation as a motivator. MICE might be a generic and superficial construction. A trained professional operative, a case officer, will be much more cautious and go beyond MICE. He will not use rocket science but common sense and the Science of persuasion, he will find you within and he will persuade you by using Dr. Robert Cialdini's Principles of Persuasion. Make sure you know how to identify them, and make an assessment.

Is this charming acquaintance a friend or foe? Don't become the enemy within, become your employer's asset, not a vulnerability. Make your link a solid one! Invest time in knowing your motivators and needs, as well as your colleagues.

Re:peter helps you to become aware of The enemy within, and take active measures to mitigate the risks, i.e., re:duce rəˈd(y)o͞os