Cybersecurity’s Human Element
Using Behavior Profiling to Identify Insider Threats – Part 1
Author(s):
Richard Benack, Principal Investigator, Hiperformance Security
INTRODUCTION Organizations often spend significant time, effort and resources protecting their data and systems from external threats such as hackers, foreign spies, hacktivists, and cybercriminals. Internal threats, often called “insider threats”, are often ignored because they are much more challenging for an organization to address. One valuable tool for managing risk around insider threats is … Read more


Richard Benack is a retired U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer with 20+ years of experience doing intelligence, counterterrorism, threat analysis, security assessments, and criminal investigations. He currently focuses on cloud security and compliance in the tech world, especially working with the public sector. Richard is also a Licensed Private Investigator and a Clinical Hypnotherapist in Washington State.