The goal of this article
is to present initial evidence for a more refined profile (or set of profiles)
of types of insider incidents. Taking an inductive approach of moving from a
few specific data points to general conclusions, short case studies illustrate
the proposed insider incident types.
More comprehensive study is needed to confirm the proposed types.
A disgruntled
employee is dissatisfied or feels discontent toward his or her employer.
Disgruntled employees may attract attention for several reasons. First, when a company reports an insider
incident to local police, for the sake of simplicity, it is easy to attribute
it to a disgruntled employee. The
incident may be less likely to damage the company’s reputation if attributed to
a disgruntled employee. Typically, it is
only the target organization that incurs loss; disgruntled employees want to
harm or embarrass the organization.