Professor, Monica Whitty, Head of Software Systems & Cybersecurity, Monash University
In today’s complex threat landscape, malicious insiders pose one of the most difficult security challenges for CISOs. Unlike external threats, insiders have access, knowledge, and often the trust of the organization, making detection and prevention uniquely complex.
In this session, Professor Monica Whitty draws on cutting-edge research in cybersecurity, psychology, and behavioural science to explore how organisations can build true resilience to insider threats.
The talk will unpack the human and contextual factors that lead to insider risks, discuss how organisations can shift from reactive to preventative strategies, and present evidence-based frameworks to better predict, manage, and reduce these threats across critical environments.
Key Takeaways:
- Gain insight into the psychological and behavioural characteristics that commonly underpin malicious insider actions.
- Explore how cultivating a security conscious culture and embedding protective mechanisms into organisational design can help mitigate insider risk.
- Learn why traditional tech based monitoring alone is insufficient and how human-centric indicators and behavioural analytics can strengthen early detection.
- Discover actionable strategies to move from reactive post incident management to proactive risk mitigation and resilience building across teams and systems.
