Insider Threat Matrix™Insider Threat Matrix™
  • ID: IF044.005
  • Created: 01st August 2026
  • Updated: 01st August 2026
  • Contributor: The ITM Team

Unauthorized Waiver or Control Exception

A subject improperly waives, bypasses, suspends, or grants an exception to a mandatory organizational control using authority available through their role.

 

Examples include:

  • waiving identity-verification requirements
  • exempting a transaction from secondary review
  • overriding a mandatory security or compliance check
  • allowing work to proceed despite an unmet control condition
  • approving an exception without recording the required rationale