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The Internal Threat Encyclopedia lists and dates dozens of potential threats and ranks them on a five part scale, ranging from "extremely critical" to "not critical." The newest threats, such as Timbuktu, TightVNC, and PC-Duo, are included and described with information on manufacturer, systems affected, relevant links, and date added. In addition, the site contains monthly charts showing how internal network risk trends have changed in the past year, an internal security tips and tricks section, articles on recent internal security incidents, an overview of internal threats, and a wide array of other resources.

The Internal Threat Encyclopedia is part of the Promisec Risk Center, a resource for real-time statistics highlighting the most significant internal network threats as well as those that are newly discovered. The Risk Center identifies existing levels of insider threats, unveils emerging network security risks and provides strategies to protect against their presence. To gain immediate access to the Promisec Risk Center for Internal Network Threats, visit www.promisec.com/riskcenter and register to receive instant updates on emerging internal network threats as they are found by Promisec research teams.

Promisec conducts extensive research on the latest internal network security risks, writes research papers, and reports on recent trends. In its latest audit of more than 100,000 PCs and servers across a wide range of industries, Promisec found that not even one organization was completely clean from internal threats, and the minimum number of threats found was three. In addition, the trend showed an alarming rise in internal security threats in just the past year alone, with some threats increasing by more than 200-fold from 2007 to 2008. The research can be viewed at the Promisec Risk Center.