Saddam Hussein: Political Psychological Profiling Results Relevant to His Possession, Use, and Possible Transfer of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) to Terrorist Groups

Shaw, Eric

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“…• Collect and analyze computer-generated and transmitted communications 7 The psychological algorithms incorporated in the system were derived from psychological content analysis methods used in academic research, intelligence and forensic profiling (Shaw, 2001(Shaw, , 2003Shaw et al, 1999). This approach would have captured the disgruntlement of several of the subjects considered, based on their email communications with their supervisors and colleagues.…”

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Ten Tales of Betrayal: The Threat to Corporate Infrastructure by Information Technology Insiders Analysis and Observations

Shaw¹,

Fischer²

2005

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Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. REPORT DATE SEP 20052 PrefaceThis report provides an overview and analysis of 10 insider events that occurred prior to 2003 in infrastructure industries. It concludes with a set of observations that have clear implications for policies and management practices in government and industry. The 10 full case studies, authored by Eric D. Shaw, Ph.D., Consulting & Clinical Psychology, Ltd., are contained in another report that was issued as For Official Use Only in order to respect the confidentiality of private sector companies that were victimized by the offenders. These cases represent attacks against information systems that are essential for the functioning of national critical infrastructure industries.The threat to organizations in this category is obviously a Department of Defense (DoD) concern; however, insider attacks, not unlike those described here, have also occurred in military departments and Defense agencies. PERSEREC has been tracking events on the government side over the past 3 years and has a growing database of information on trust betrayal involving information systems. A subsequent summary of findings that pertain specifically to the Defense community will be issued at a later date. In the interim, case study work of the type and quality seen here is proving to be invaluable to our understanding of this behavior and of mitigating factors that we would recommend to minimize Defense systems vulnerabilities.The significance of the analysis of these events extends beyond a concern with the vulnerability of critical information technology (IT) systems. This is an attempt to understand one manifestation of the much larger insider threat to the DoD and the United States. Other dimensions of this threat include insider espionage-concerning which PERSERC has had a long-term research interest-and the insider threat associated with international terrorism that is only now emerging. These threats all stem from human problems and vulnerabilities that might be addressed in time to prevent damage or loss by an effective personnel security system working in harmony with employee assistance programs. For this reason, we are particularly interested in implications that focus on preemployment screening, m...

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Ten Tales of Betrayal: The Threat to Corporate Infrastructure by Information Technology Insiders Analysis and Observations

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2005

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“…While its variables are derived, in part, from content analysis approaches to leadership analysis (Hermann, 1980;Shaw, 2003;Weintraub, 1986;Winter, Hermann, Weintraub, and Walker, 1991), personality, and threat assessment (Shaw, 2006), it has mainly been used to:…”

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How Often Is Employee Anger An Insider Risk II? Detecting and Measuring Negative Sentiment versus Insider Risk in Digital Communications–Comparison between Human Raters and Psycholinguistic Software

Shaw¹,

Payri²,

Cohn³

et al. 2013

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This research uses two recently introduced observer rating scales, (Shaw et al., 2013) for the identification and measurement of negative sentiment (the Scale for Negativity in Text or SNIT) and insider risk (Scale of Indicators of Risk in Digital Communication or SIRDC) in communications to test the performance of psycholinguistic software designed to detect indicators of these risk factors. The psycholinguistic software program, WarmTouch (WT), previously used for investigations, appeared to be an effective means for locating communications scored High or Medium in negative sentiment by the SNIT or High in insider risk by the SIRDC within a randomly selected sample from the Enron archive. WT proved less effective in locating emails Low in negative sentiment on the SNIT and Low in insider risk on the SIRDC. However, WT performed extremely well in identifying communications from actual insiders randomly selected from case files and inserted in this email sample. In addition, it appeared that WT's measure of perceived Victimization was a significant supplement to using negative sentiment alone, when it came to searching for actual insiders. Previous findings ( Shaw et al., 2013) indicate that this relative weakness in identifying low levels of negative sentiment may not impair WT's usefulness for identifying communications containing Forensics, Security and Law, Vol. 8(2) 74 significant indications of insider risk because of the very low base rate and low severity of insider risk at Low levels of negative sentiment (Shaw et al., 2013). Although many of the "false positives" acquired in the successful search for actual insiders in this experiment were shown to be true positives for other forms of insider risk, WT still produced fairly high rates of false positives that could burden analysts, as described by the search times provided. As further research and development proceeds to address this problem, we again recommend the use of WT in an integrated multi-disciplinary array of detection methods that will serve as an initial screen to narrow the search for individuals at-risk for insider activities. The implications for insider threat research, detection and prevention are discussed. Journal of Digital

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Mental disorder, psychological problems and terrorist behaviour: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Sarma

Carthy

Cox

2022

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Background: The link between mental health difficulties and terrorist behaviour has been the subject of debate for the last 50 years. Studies that report prevalence rates of mental health difficulties in terrorist samples or compare rates for those involved and not involved in terrorism, can inform this debate and the work of those responsible for countering violent extremism.Objectives: To synthesise the prevalence rates of mental health difficulties in terrorist samples (Objective 1-Prevalence) and prevalence of mental health disorders pre-dating involvement in terrorism (Objective 2-Temporality). The review also synthesises the extent to which mental health difficulties are associated with terrorist involvement compared to non-terrorist samples (Objective 3-Risk Factor).Search Methods: Searches were conducted between April and June 2022, capturing research until December 2021. We contacted expert networks, hand-searched specialist journals, harvested records from published reviews, and examined references lists for included papers to identify additional studies.Selection Criteria: Studies needed to empirically examine mental health difficulties and terrorism. To be included under Objective 1 (Prevalence) and Objective 2 (Temporality), studies had to adopt cross-sectional, cohort, or case-control design and report prevalence rates of mental health difficulties in terrorist samples, with studies under Objective 2 also needing to report prevalence of difficulties before detection or involvement in terrorism. For Objective 3 (Risk Factor) studies where there was variability in terrorist behaviour (involved vs. not involved) were included.Data Collection and Analysis: Captured records were screened in DisillterSR by two authors. Risk of bias was assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute checklists, and random-effects meta-analysis conducted in Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software.Results: Fifty-six papers reporting on 73 different terrorist samples (i.e., studies) (n = 13,648) were identified. All were eligible for Objective 1. Of the 73 studies, 10

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Saddam Hussein: Political Psychological Profiling Results Relevant to His Possession, Use, and Possible Transfer of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) to Terrorist Groups

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Ten Tales of Betrayal: The Threat to Corporate Infrastructure by Information Technology Insiders Analysis and Observations

Ten Tales of Betrayal: The Threat to Corporate Infrastructure by Information Technology Insiders Analysis and Observations

How Often Is Employee Anger An Insider Risk II? Detecting and Measuring Negative Sentiment versus Insider Risk in Digital Communications–Comparison between Human Raters and Psycholinguistic Software

Mental disorder, psychological problems and terrorist behaviour: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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