People are an organisation's biggest asset, however, in some cases, they can also pose an insider risk. As organisations implement increasingly sophisticated physical and cyber security measures to protect their assets from external threats, the recruitment of insiders becomes a more attractive option for those attempting to gain access
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Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the topic, there are things you can do to help get fully prepared. With research, partnerships and intelligence, NPSA guidance provides a recommended programme, tools and guidance, to help organisations prevent, manage and recover from an insider event

If you're new to the topic, get started here with this helpful insider risk overview

Access NPSA’s tools and resources here to increase your insider risk-readiness
Be Insider Risk Ready
NPSA encourages businesses to ‘Be Insider Risk Ready’ under its new umbrella campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of the consequences of an insider event.
Learn the Basics
Quick-start your understanding with these easy explainers
Guidance
Step-by-step advice to implement protective security measures

Insider Events - Communications Guidance
Learn about the consequences of organisational and business leaders not mitigating against insider events

Ongoing personnel security
Help your organisation develop and plan effective practices for countering the insider threat
Education and Resources
Improve your insider risk readiness with these practical materials

Insider Risk Mitigation Framework
What components to include in an effective insider threat programme

Insider crisis simulations
Following successful pilot user testing we are pleased to be able to offer two free table top exercises
What's new
Stay abreast of the latest developments in insider risk
Insider Risk Simulation exercise
06/08/2024
Effective communication is a vital part of responding to an insider event. To help organisations experience what this could feel like, the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) has launched new Insider Risk Simulation exercises.

NPSA launches Be Insider Risk Ready
05/03/2024
NPSA encourage businesses to “Be Insider Risk Ready” under a new umbrealla campaign being launched this week

Are you ready for an insider event?
13/11/2023
Test your team’s crisis preparedness with new insider event crisis scenarios

NPSA launches new communications guidance
10/10/2023
Crisis communications best practice to reduce the impact of insider events with actions to take before, during and after an event.

NPSA changes insider risk definitions
22/05/2023
Build a common understanding with new insider risk terminology.
