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One may also look for RASCLS, as laid down in An Alternative Framework for Agent Recruitment: From MICE to RASCLS (.pdf, 12 pages) by Randy Burkett in Studies in Intelligence 57:1, March 2013. RASCLS builds on work by psychologist Robert Cialdini, notably his famous book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion that was originally published in 1984 and remain a common read in social engineering.

According to Burkett:

>Case officers who rely exclusively on the MICE framework risk failing to see the full complexities involved in an agent’s decision to spy and will miss opportunities to persuade and motivate agents to improve their performance. Instead, they will focus on taking advantage of vulnerabilities to exercise control. Over time, the negative focus could lead case officers to view and treat their agents as fundamentally flawed human beings who need to be punished or coerced into compliance.
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>The work of psychologist Dr. Robert Cialdini offers more positive approaches. His six “weapons of mass influence” — reciprocation, authority, scarcity, commitment/consistency, liking, and social proof—provide a better foundation for agent recruitment and handling.

Like MICE, RASCLS can be considered both from attack & defense perspective, for instance recruitment of agents & screening/monitoring (prospective) personnel for potential vulnerability to, inter alia, such recruitment. Do note that MICE & RASCLS offer a what, not a how; and that protection from insider threats also depends on information security, cultivation of a security culture, and so on.

For other (non-paywalled) reading on insider threats, see the downloads at https://www.signpostsix.com/downloads/, categorized as follows:

• Insider Risk Management
  
• Cyber Secure Behaviours
  
• Behavioural Threat Assessment
  
• Cognitive Biases and Fake News
  
  (Disclaimer: I'm not an expert on this.)