Every month or so another high-profile computer security breach
hits the headlines, involving exposure of sensitive consumer
information, uncovering of classified documents or disruption of
corporate and government websites and systems. Why are these
breaches happening so often, and at such high levels? What
should managers do to reduce the risk of a security incident?
The W. P. Carey School’s Department of Information Systems is
home to a group of researchers who study various aspects of
information systems security. KnowIT asked these experts to
share their insights about root of the problem, and suggest what
managers can do to keep their databases out of the news. Know
your threat “What most people are reading or hearing about in
the news are successful cyber attacks that have already been ‘in
the making’ or in progress,” said Robert Mejias, a Clinical
professor of Information Systems. “A successful cyber attack
means that attackers have already identified, probed and
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