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# National Preparedness Month, a chance to bring awareness to insider threats

DLA Installation Management Richmond

                RICHMOND, Va.   –              
At Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, the potential threat posed by an insider, a trusted person who takes advantage of his or her access to do harm to the organization’s mission, products, resources, personnel, facilities, information, equipment, network, or systems is continual and ever-changing.[1]

September is National Preparedness Month. John O’Kleasky, antiterrorism officer for Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Richmond, Virginia, wants to re-emphasize the importance of insider threat identification and reporting.

Researchers of insider threats describe an evolution from trusted insider to insider threat as a critical pathway wherein the subject’s personal predispositions and background, which make them susceptible to the temptation of a malicious act, interact with their personal stressors and the organizational environment, moving them down a pathway toward a malicious incident.[2]

O’Kleasky says often, there are warning signs that shouldn’t be ignored. The perpetrator harbors resentment, displaying behaviors that may be observed and reported by peers and colleagues. The journey may be rapid or slow, and the path varies from person to person.

“Please immediately report any person’s behavior that may indicate potential insider threat activity or violence at DSCR. Identification and reporting are the keys to disrupting and mitigating an attack. Staying safe in our work environment is a shared responsibility. Please be vigilant in the workplace and make the call,” Said O’Kleasky.

DLA Police: **911**or **(804) 279-4888** (non-Emergency)

DLA iWATCH: https://today.dla.mil/DLAiWATCH/Pages/Reporting.aspx

Security & Emergency Services: **(804) 279-1740** (ATO), john.okleasky@dla.mil

DLA Insider Threat Program: insiderthreat@dla.mil

[1] Insider Threat Mitigation Guide, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, November 2020, Page 9.

[2] Insider Threat Mitigation Guide, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, November 2020, Page 58.

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