The wave of data breaches raises two pressing questions: Why don’t we defend our networks better? And, what practical incentives can we create to improve our defenses? Why Don't We Defend Better?: Data Breaches, Risk Management, and Public Policy answers those questions. It distinguishes three technical sources of data breaches corresponding to three types of vulnerabilities: software, human, and network. It discusses two risk management goals: business and consumer. The authors propose mandatory anonymous reporting of information as an essential step toward better defense, as well as a general reporting requirement. They also provide a systematic overview of data breach defense, combining technological and public policy considerations.
Features
Explains why data breach defense is currently often ineffective
Shows how to respond to the increasing frequency of data breaches
Combines the issues of technology, business and risk management, and legal liability
Discusses the different issues faced by large versus small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
Provides a practical framework in which public policy issues about data breaches can be effectively addressed
By:
Robert Sloan, Richard Warner Imprint: CRC Press Inc Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 550g ISBN:9780815356622 ISBN 10: 0815356625 Pages: 108 Publication Date:15 July 2019 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
1 Introduction 2 Software Vulnerabilities 3 (Mis)management: Failing to Defend against Technical Attacks 4 A Mandatory Reporting Proposal 5 Outsourcing Security 6 The Internet of Things 7 Human Vulnerabilities 8 Seeing the Forest: An Overview of Policy Proposals
Robert H. Sloan, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Richard Warner, PhD, is a Professor Norman and Edna Freehling Scholar at Chicago-Kent College of Law in Illinois.