Joint Staff Insider Threat Awareness
Sharing details of your personal and professional lives or life online makes you
___________________ adversaries. - ✔✔more vulnerable to
Which of these activities must be reported?
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Joint Staff Insider Threat Awareness
Sharing details of your personal and professional lives or life online makes you
___________________ adversaries. - ✔✔more vulnerable to
Which of these activities must be reported? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-bypassing
security rules or protocols
-unauthorized disclosure of classified material
-inappropriate copying of classified material
Which of the countermeasures can you implement to help reduce technologyassociated insider threats? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-take security training courses
-prevent unauthorized data access
-use strong passwords
-keep unauthorized software from secure environments
A coworker shares that she and her husband are facing foreclosure, and she doesn't
know what to do. What should you do? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-Suggest she contact
the EAP
-Report the indicator to the security office
Insiders may include which of these groups of people? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-
former employees
-contractors
-employees
-active duty military
The definition of Targeted Violence includes which of these components? Select all that
apply. - ✔✔-directed at an individual or a group
-wrong
You observe a colleague with a sudden increased alcohol intake (e.g. frequent heavy
consumption, drinking until drunk) what is the appropriate action? - ✔✔-report the
concerning behavior to your security officier
Most inside offenders display concerning behaviors before acting directly against their
organization. This behavior may include (select all that apply): - ✔✔-violation of
workplace policies
-failure to follow standard procedures (SOP)
-legal difficulties
Which of these may be considered part of the media? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-not all
of the answers
-not just newspaper reporter
Which of the following are things that adversaries want to know? Select all that apply. -
✔✔-your organization's personnel
-countries your organization works with
-your company's competitors
_____________ is a a conversation technique used to discretely gather information that
is not readily available and do so without raising suspicion. - ✔✔Elicitation
Technological advances impact the insider threat by _____________. Select all that
apply. - ✔✔-Presenting new security challenges
-Allowing large amounts of data to be accessed
Which of the following is a technology-related indicator. Select all that apply. - ✔✔-
keeping unauthorized backups
-accessing systems at unusual hours without without authorization
Which of these steps should you take on social media to limit your vulnerability? Select
all that apply. - ✔✔-all answers
You can help reduce technology-associated insider threats by: - ✔✔-not practicing
counterintelligence
Contractors must report which of these? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-any event that may
impact the status of the facility
-anything that affects the proper safeguarding of classified information
-any indication that classified information has been lost or compromised.
-efforts to obtain
-all answers
U.S. Government employees and contractors must report which of the following? Select
all that apply. - ✔✔-foreign contacts
Which of the following are true about insider threats? - ✔✔-all answers
Which of the following means to deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct, especially for
political or military advantage? - ✔✔sabotage
Which of the following is considered a potential insider threat vulnerability? Select all
that apply. - ✔✔-disgruntlement
Which of the following is a reportable behavioral indicator? - ✔✔-Substance abuse
-Considerable change in financial circumstances
-Addictive behaviors
If you are contacted by a member of the media about information you are not authorized
to share, you should take down which of the following details? Select all that apply. -
✔✔-physical description
-date and time of contact
-how they contacted you
-their name and their organization name
-wrong
Who might be interested in non-public information that an insider can provide. Select all
that apply. - ✔✔-all answers.
Where can elicitation techniques be used? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-all answers
Which of these may be targeted by foreign entities? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-
unclassified information
-list of facility locations
-classified information
-personnel lists
Hostile entities may use social media to __________________? Select all that apply. -
✔✔all answers
Which of the countermeasures can you implement to help reduce technologyassociated insider threats? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-inventory your technology
holdings
-never use portable storage devices
Which of the following are behavioral indicators that must be reported? - ✔✔-Excessive
debt
-Disregard for security procedures and protocols
The transfer of classified or proprietary information to a system not approved for the
classification level or unaccredited or unauthorized systems, individuals, applications, or
media is a __________. - ✔✔spill
A member of your team openly discusses her financial difficulties and her inability to
meet her financial obligations. What is the appropriate action? - ✔✔Report the
concerning behavior to your security officer.
To whom should you report if you are contracted by a member of the media about
information your are not authorized to share? - ✔✔Your security office
Authorized access to DoD information and resources may be granted based on a
person's ___________. Select all that apply. - ✔✔-Employment
-Contractual relationship with DoD
Which of the following is a reportable behavioral indicator? - ✔✔Significant change in
work habit
Technological advances __________. Select all that apply. - ✔✔-Increase risk of
information loss
-Allow insiders to access more data
Which of the following is a technology-related indicator? Select all that apply. - ✔✔-
Hoarding files and data
-Bypassing technology-associated protocols
-Improper use of privileged access
Some techniques used for removing classified information from the workplace may
include: - ✔✔-Making photo copies of documents
-Physically removing files
-Email
-USB data sticks
Why is it important to identify potential insider threats? - ✔✔insiders have freedom of
movement within and access to classified information that has the potential to cause
great harm to national security
What is an insider threat? - ✔✔anyone with authorized access to the information or
things an organization values most, and who uses that access - either wittingly or
unwittingly - to inflict harm to the o
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