How Insider Threat Awareness Intersects With Key Areas: Fraud Prevention, Ethics, And Integrity

2 Jun 2026 · 38 min
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In this YouTube interview recorded during Global Insider Threat Awareness Month, Boaz Fischer, founder of the Australian Institute of Insider Threat, hosts Michael Callan, founder of the Australian Fraud and Anti‑Corruption Academy (AFCA). Callan outlines his diverse background—military officer, public‑service workforce planner, Department of Defence Inspector General, and trainer—and explains how AFCA delivers digital forensics, anti‑corruption, fraud control, and related training. The conversation centers on the human‑centric nature of fraud and insider threat, arguing that insiders, not external actors, cause the majority of loss. Callan introduces a four‑personality typology (A‑honest, B‑mostly‑ethical, C‑opportunist, D‑predatory) and describes how D‑type insiders groom both people and processes to facilitate large‑scale fraud. He discusses practical prevention measures: monitoring high‑risk controls, whistleblower channels, simplifying approval workflows, contractor oversight, and senior‑leadership transparency. The overlap between insider threat and fraud is explored, with fraud seen as a value‑theft outcome of insider motives. Ethical leadership and a transparent, trustworthy culture are presented as the strongest defense, while token “zero‑tolerance” policies without enforcement are criticised. Callan describes AFCA’s Ethics and Fraud Awareness Training, which incorporates the four‑personality model, case studies (e.g., the Corsa retail fraud), red‑flag identification, procurement safeguards, and plans to add modern‑slavery and insider‑threat modules. The interview concludes with key takeaways—fraud is a human problem, ethical leadership is paramount, and integrated insider‑threat awareness is essential for organizational integrity. Contact details for AFCA are provided.

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