Depending on the client, data covered can extend to any public domain information that would yield, for example, address histories and lifestyle indicators. It is the amount of money in gaming that brings out the opportunists, Jonas says. He notes large sums of money also change hands in banking, but in that industry the reason for the outcome of every transaction is certain in the sense that it is verifiable. In gaming, the outcome of every transaction is not certain. However, the possibility of winning against the house opens the door for opportunists because they can look straight at the gaming operators and say they got lucky, he relates.
Some people genuinely win.
Likewise, in government circles there are policies and procedures in place to protect valuable assets. But collusion, or the insider threat, renders those policies useless, Jonas observes. For example, if a security person charged with examining employees' bags as they leave a facility is the roommate of someone working there, a potential threat may exist. The guard might be inclined to simply let a friend through, or both may be accomplices, he says. Collusion detection works by correlating data from different sources.