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Insider

Insider: Any person with authorized access to any United States Government resource to include personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, or…

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Cybersecurity

Definition

Any person with authorized access to any United States Government resource to include personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems.

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Definition 2

Someone who has trusted access to the data and information systems of an organisation and poses an intentional, accidental or unconscious cyber threat. (UK 2016)

Source: The Cyber GlossaryType: external
Definition 3

A person who has access to voting equipment in a manner not available to voters, particularly unsupervised access.

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external

Sources

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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2
The Cyber Glossary
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3
Electronic Voting Glossary
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