No, at it&#x27;s most basic level I mean a spy or insider threat.<p>In the NGO contexts that I have seen that usually means someone who legitimately is works in an organisation but turns for the standard reasons. (More effective, faster and cheaper for an adversary that way)<p>To a slightly lessor extent, that means someone from the outside who has been placed on the inside. (Less effective, longer and more expensive for an adversary that way).<p>Sometimes both of these scenarios also include digital aspects, like stealing a USB drive or something but not always.<p>Before you ask, why do people do it in an NGO environment - fairly similar reasons as elsewhere (though I tend to order them differently based on experience):<p>US Method of Counter-Intelligence:<p>-Money<p>-Ideology<p>-Compromise or Coercion<p>-Ego or Extortion<p>or these days:<p>-Reciprocation<p>-Authority<p>-Scarcity<p>-Commitment<p>-Consistency<p>-Liking<p>-Social Proof<p>A good read for more info here:
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