Glossary: Modern Vulnerabilities, Malware and Physical Attacks

Insider threat

Also written: insider

A person inside the organization who means harm or wants personal gain. Shadow IT usually comes from people seeking convenience instead, and logic bombs are often planted by insiders.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 1: Rogue devices, shadow IT, low-power wireless and LLMs
Chapter 4: Malware, part 2: viruses, rootkits, keyloggers, logic bombs and fileless malware

Related terms

Shadow IT Logic bomb