Insider Computer Fraud: An In-depth Framework for Detecting and Defending against Insider IT Attacks

Employees often have easy access to sensitive information about a company and its customers, making them prime candidates to sabotage a system or to sell privileged information. Illustrated with practical case studies, this volume presents methods, safeguards, and techniques for IT professionals to protect against insider computer fraud. Drawing from the authors two decades of experience in assessing the adequacy of IT security for the banking and securities industries, this book provides a thorough exploration of application risks and controls, web-service security, and the identification and mitigation of fraud.