What is an insider threat? Insider threat has been defined as a malicious hacker working as an office employee of a company, institution, or agency. External threats can also occur from a person posing as an official or employee gaining access to false credentials. An insider threat can also be called a cracker or a black hat. Domestic threats have harmed the United States for a long time. Today the threat is much easier to eliminate thanks to the fact that we have newer technologies; for example how easy it is to transmit information over the Internet and many people want to get their hands on specific materials that only insiders have access to. Why do people become insider threats? Many of them become insider threats because they need money and it just comes as easy money to them. Not to mention, it is difficult to track down and find out who sold the sensitive information due to so many employees having access to the same sensitive information. Sometimes information sold by insiders leads to acts of terror that can be harmful to our society. Cyberterrorism is the politically motivated use of computers and information technology to cause severe destruction and chaos or spread fear in a society. Cyber-terrorists have been recognized because they can create a digital Pearl Harbor through the use of computers and Internet technologies. They use many different electronic technologies and have many goals, but they don't leave their information for long periods of time, so it becomes more difficult to track where and who the information comes from. The longer they leave information, the greater the chance of getting caught. Cyber ​​terrorists use a completely different scheme…half the paper…or the environment. Risk communication is a primary tool for obtaining public understanding and cooperation. Communication, together with risk perception and behavior, are essential to have an effective national security system. Risk communication can and is often used to reduce anxiety and panic in times of crisis to manage awareness, in order to maintain commitment or to increase awareness when commitment is low (Akhgar, 2013). If the public paid more attention to effective risk communication, our ability to respond, prepare and recover would be significant. How the government communicates with the public has a large impact on how risk is perceived and how the public behaves, if effective communication exists. Communications are strongly and consistently mediated by the levels of public trust gained by effective risk communication.