Insider Threat Program Expert - Certificate
About
The Insider Threat Program Expert is AIIT’s most advanced professional program, designed for experienced practitioners who are ready to move beyond operating insider threat activities and into assessing, shaping, and leading insider threat capability at an enterprise level.
This program is built on a hard but often overlooked reality: Most insider threat failures are not caused by missing tools, policies, or technology. They are caused by poor judgement under uncertainty, weak maturity assessment, and an inability to advise leaders clearly when trade-offs are unavoidable.
Over 10 weeks, participants operate inside a single evolving organisational scenario that mirrors real life. Information is incomplete. Signals are ambiguous. Stakeholders disagree. Third-party dependencies and AI-enabled systems introduce risk beyond organisational boundaries.
Decisions made early in the program have consequences later, forcing participants to think systemically rather than tactically.
Objectives
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Assess insider threat program maturity using structured, evidence-based models
- Diagnose systemic organisational weaknesses that amplify insider risk over time
- Design realistic, risk-based uplift strategies aligned to organisational constraints
- Apply ethical, privacy, and trust principles in ambiguous, high-pressure situations
- Address insider risk involving third parties, contractors, privileged administrators, and AI-enabled systems
- Translate insider threat risk into clear, executive- and board-level language
- Defend decisions using recognised frameworks, metrics, and professional judgement
Topics Covered
- Insider threat capability architecture and common failure modes
- Program maturity assessment and auditability
- Alignment to the SEI Common Sense Guide (22 practices)
- AIIT Insider Resilience Framework mapping
- Behavioural and technical detection at scale
- Signal vs noise, bias, and false positives
- Strategic uplift planning and prioritisation
- Third-party, contractor, and privileged access risk
- Ethical decision-making and lawful monitoring
- Governance, oversight, and executive reporting
- Crisis response, consequence management, and recovery
- Leader enablement, incentives, and speak-up culture
Benefits
- Expert-Level Confidence
- Defensible Professional Authority
- Reusable Practical Artefacts
- Real-World Readiness
Who Should Attend
It is particularly suited to:
- Insider Threat Program Managers and Leads
- Security, Cybersecurity, and Risk Leaders
- HR, Legal, Compliance, and Governance professionals supporting insider risk
- Behavioural risk, integrity, and fraud specialists
- Senior practitioners preparing to brief executives or boards
- Professionals progressing toward Trainer or enterprise leadership roles
Prerequisite
Completion of the Insider Threat Program Professional (or equivalent experience, subject to AIIT approval).
Course Length
Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: Weekly 2-hour live virtual sessions