Research

The Insider Risk Practitioner Alliance (IRPA) facilitates and supports and amplifies research initiatives to mitigate insider risk across diverse sectors in the world.

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Australia

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• Securing Australia's research: Strategies and Priorities (2024)

• Insider Threat Management in Australia (2023)

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Canada​

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• Insider Risk Management in Canada (2025)

• Opportunities to Enhance Detection of Insider Risk Using Artificial Intelligence in Canada's Manufacturing Sector (2025)

• PHISER, HACKER, ATOMIC SPY - Insider Threat in the Canadian Nuclear Industry (2025)

• Insider Threat Typology - An Analysis of Motivational and Behavioural Attributes Related to the Violent Extremist Insider Threat Type (2025)

• "The Pull to do Nothing Would be Strong": Limitations & Opportunities in Reporting Insider Threats (2024)

• #MeToo, Misconduct, and the Military: Identifying Sexual Violence as an Insider Threat - A Case Study of the Canadian Armed Forces (2024)

• Protecting Canada Against Harm from Foes: Navigating Insider Economic-based Threats to National Security in Critical Infrastructure with Bill C-26 (2024)

• Applying Insider Risk Mitigation: Contemporary Issues (2023)

• Behavioural Indicators of Insider Threat (2023)

• Cyber Threat Intelligence in Canada (2023)

• Malicious vs. Unintentional Insider Threat Controls (2022)

• Insider Risk Mitigation Technology Study (2022)

• Insider Risk for Canadian Financial Institutions (2021)

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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• Insider Threat Detection Study (2015)

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United States

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• Cost of Insider Risks Global Report 2026 (2026)

• Seven (science-based) Commandments for Understanding and Countering Insider Threats (2022)

• Application of the Critical-Path Method to Evaluate Insider Risks (2015)

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