Radicalisation & Preventative Measures: An Educational Handbook of Insider Threat Case Studies

This handbook explores potential routes to malicious insider actions with a focus on radicalisation and violent extremism. It uses a series of real life case studies drawn from different industries to identify the motivations, intentions and capabilities of individuals and groups. It also discusses the different security measures that can be implemented at an organisational level to mitigate the risk posed by staff that may become insiders during the course of their employment, examining their deployment in several sectors. Here the focus is on what the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) term ‘preventative measures’, or security processes that organisations can put in place to minimise the likelihood of an internal adversary initiating a malicious act. There also exists ‘protective measures’ that can be put in place to detect, delay and apprehend an adversary once a malicious act has been
initiated. The case studies in this handbook are intended to serve as a useful resource for nuclear security educators and trainers, and to this end they are presented with accompanying discussion points. The handbook starts with a brief summary of the current threat environment, an overview of the phenomenon of radicalisation, and an introduction to preventative measures. These are followed by the specific case studies.