About this event
This event explores how employee vulnerabilities link to culture, and how managers and HR can support staff to reduce insider risk.
Student and Early Careers Event
This event will consider employee actions and behaviours which may have been influenced by personal or professional vulnerabilities; and will consider the correlation to organisational culture as well as the role of line managers and HRM in supporting vulnerable employees in a bid to reduce the escalation of intentional or unintentional insider risk activities.
Most people think of insider threat/risk as being related to employees who deliberately target their organisation to cause damage or harm. Such individuals will likely be dealt with by punishment, prosecution or dismissal. However, what about the risks posed to an organisation from employees who have not set out to deliberately attack or compromise it, but their behaviour nonetheless has (or could) cause organisational damage.
This talk will consider employee actions and behaviours which may have been influenced by personal or professional vulnerabilities; and will consider the correlation to organisational culture as well as the role of line managers and HRM in supporting vulnerable employees in a bid to reduce the escalation of intentional or unintentional insider risk activities.
Speakers:
Dr. David BaMaung PhD MSc HRM CSyP, Hon. Professor
Glasgow Caledonian University, Visiting Professor Coventry University.
David served almost 40 years in law enforcement, with 30 of these as a police officer and 9 years in a counter terrorism protective security role. He also has experience as a police CBRN and Public Order PSU commander. David played a key role in developing Insider risk strategy within his police force and led on their Insider risk exercising programme. His areas of specialism include insider risk, personnel security, counter terrorism protective security, and critical infrastructure protection, with his PhD being on the subject of developing CNI resilience against terrorist threats. While in the police, he was seconded on a part time basis to the Scottish Government critical infrastructure Resilience Unit to participate in the EU funded infrastructure Project MIRACLE.
David has previously consulted on Insider risk mitigation with the Interpol CBRN (Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives Terrorism Prevention Unit and delivered courses for them in France and Abu Dhabi. He was also responsible for delivering an Insider risk exercising programme for AIPol, and co-authored their Insider Risk guidance manual.
In 2019, he was appointed by Sir John Saunders, Chair of the Manchester Arena Public Inquiry as an Expert Security Witness to the Inquiry. He concluded this role in 2020. David is currently acting as a security consultant with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Action Against Terrorism Unit, developing guidance on protecting critical infrastructure against terrorist threats.
David is a Principal Member (Category J: Insider Threat) of the NSA approved ‘Register of Security Engineers and Specialists’, and is also a Chartered Security Professional. He has been published in Journals Internationally on the subject of Insider Risk/Threat. He was appointed as an Honorary Professor to Glasgow Caledonian University in 2017 and as a Visiting Professor to Coventry University in 2024.
Irene Mains, Head of Department, Department for People and Organisations, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
Irene joined academia over 20 years ago as a lecturer in HRM, Leadership and People development. She is currently a Head of Department & Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University and has a wealth of experience in people development and managing organisational change.
She is a Senator for GCU and is part of their University Leadership Forum and GBS Senior Management Team. She leads a team of academics who oversee the delivery of a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and Industry facing university programmes, including Global MBA and Masters in Human Resource Management.
Previously, Irene worked in Industry undertaking lead organisational development (OD) and learning and development (LD) roles within various public sector organisations across Scotland, including NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Forth Valley, Inverclyde Council and Glasgow City Council.
Irene has experience of consultancy and has previously operated a consultancy business advising organisations on ethical change leadership and impactful leadership and people development. Her key areas of research interest align to OD and LD related topics and she is currently undertaking research as a doctoral student. Irene is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Senior Fellow of the HEA. Her academic expertise, industry experience and research provide valuable insights into how organisations can support employees while mitigating risk.
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