Sounds like a "promising" pre-crime detection system. Could be used to justify a search warrant, but then, who needs a judge's permission anymore?
On Mar 6, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Joost Rekveld wrote: > quote from the article: > > "The algorithm, dubbed the Potential Insider Threat Detection > Algorithm, is a "promising tool" for aiding IT departments in > narrowing down the list of subjects in a breach investigation, the > researchers said. However, the experimental analysis of Enron's email > did not correctly identify the top managers who were involved in the > company's fraud." > > so the method was developed, tested, and it failed. > right. > > anyway it seems that according to these people anyone with > 'excentric' interests should be labeled as a threat: obscure hobbies, > knowledge of foreign languages are all signs of a potential threat ? > great ! seems these people work in very boring companies indeed ! > > ciao, > > Joost. > > > > > On 6 Mar, 2008, at 3:06 AM, James Steiner wrote: > >> Sounds like their whole concept is flawed--that an employee who keeps >> secrets from the workplace is a potentially bad employee? Wouldn't >> the >> ability to compartmentalize work email topics and personal email >> topics be a sign of a *good* employee? >> >> ~~James >> _________________ >> www.turtlezero.com >> >> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Joseph Dalessandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Mining of email data could help companies spot dangerous employees >>> before they do damage >>> >>> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=147627 >>> >>> Three researchers at the Air Force Institute of Technology -- James >>> Okolica, Gilbert Peterson, and Robert Mills -- have published a >>> paper >>> that outlines an algorithm for mining email data and identifying >>> patterns of transmission that might tell managers when employees >>> are >>> keeping a secret. >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
