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Detections
Preventions
Chains Github

Motive

Boundary Testing

Coercion

  • Emotional Vulnerability
  • Long-Term Relationship Building
  • Non-Violent Threats and Intimidation
  • Psychological Manipulation
  • Romantic Seduction
  • Sexual Extortion
  • Social Engineering (Inbound)
  • Threats of Violence or Physical Harm

Conflicts of Interest

  • Conflicting Financial Interest
  • Conflicting Personal Relationship
  • External Business Interest

Curiosity

Entitlement

Espionage

  • Nation-State Alignment

Fear of Reprisals

Hubris

Human Error

Ideology

Lack of Awareness

Leaver

  • Contract Expiry
  • Resignation
  • Retirement or Departure from Workforce
  • Termination for Cause
  • Workforce Reduction

Misapprehension or Delusion

Personal Gain

  • Career or Business Advantage
  • Corporate Espionage
  • Extortion
  • Financial Desperation
  • Financial Self-Interest
  • Speculative Corporate Espionage

Political or Philosophical Beliefs

Recklessness

  • Conformity
  • Opportunism

Recognition

Resentment

Revenge

Rogue Nationalism

Self Sabotage

Third Party Collusion Motivated by Personal Gain

  • Human Insider Threat Matrix™
  • -AR1
  • -MT013
  • ID: MT013
  • Created: 22nd May 2024
  • Updated: 25th April 2025
  • Contributor: The ITM Team

Misapprehension or Delusion

A subject accesses and exfiltrates of destroys sensitive data or otherwise contravenes internal policies as a result of motives not grounded in reality.

Preventions (9)

Detections (7)

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