Abstract
In 2012, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller shocked many when he warned, “[t]here are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be.” As technology and information systems develop rapidly, security has become a topic of increasing interest and concern. In 2018, it was noted that the total cost to account for cybercrime on a global scale surpassed US$1 billion (Milkovich, 2020). In the United States, a hacker attack occurs every 39 seconds, and each year, 1 in 3 Americans are personally impacted by a form of hacking (Cukier, 2007). Given more than 77% of organizations do not have a cyber incident response plan in place to respond to such attacks, these statistics are perhaps unsurprising; yet, they speak to the desperate need for consistent, reliable, and thoughtful cybersecurity now more than ever.
Faculty Advisor/Mentor
Iria Giuffrida
Document Type
Paper
Disciplines
Information Security
DOI
10.25776/zxyf-m039
Publication Date
2020
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In 2012, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller shocked many when he warned, “[t]here are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be.” As technology and information systems develop rapidly, security has become a topic of increasing interest and concern. In 2018, it was noted that the total cost to account for cybercrime on a global scale surpassed US$1 billion (Milkovich, 2020). In the United States, a hacker attack occurs every 39 seconds, and each year, 1 in 3 Americans are personally impacted by a form of hacking (Cukier, 2007). Given more than 77% of organizations do not have a cyber incident response plan in place to respond to such attacks, these statistics are perhaps unsurprising; yet, they speak to the desperate need for consistent, reliable, and thoughtful cybersecurity now more than ever.