Cybersecurity Management: An Organizational and Strategic Approach

Length: 432 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication Date: 2021-11-08
ISBN-10: 1487504969
ISBN-13: 9781487504960
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

Cyber-threats are among the most critical issues facing the world today. Cybersecurity Management draws on case studies to analyze cybercrime at the macro-level, and evaluates the strategic and organizational issues connected to cybersecurity. Cross-disciplinary in its focus, orientation, and scope, the textbook looks at emerging communication technologies that are currently under development to tackle emerging threats to public privacy. The text is suitable for cybersecurity courses in Business and Public Policy Programs.

Cybersecurity Management provides insights into the nature and extent of cyber-threats to organizations and consumers, and how such threats evolve with new technological advances, and factors ranging from cultural, organizational, and macro‐environmental. Cybersecurity Management articulates the effects of new and evolving information and communication technologies and systems on cybersecurity and privacy issues. As the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed, we are all dependent on the internet as not only a source for information, but also person to person connection, thus our changes of encountering cyber threats is higher than ever. Cybersecurity Management aims to increase the awareness of and preparedness to handle such threats among policy makers, planners, and the public.

Cover
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part One: Mechanisms and Growth of Cybercrimes and the Current State of Cybersecurity
    1 Current States of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
        1.1 Introduction
        1.2 The Nature of Cyberthreats and Key Challenges
        1.3 A Typology of Cyberoffenses
        1.4 Current State of Cybersecurity
        1.5 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        1.6 Discussion Questions
        1.7 End-of-Chapter Case: Cybersecurity Issues Facing Power Grids in the US
    2 The Relationship and Differences between Privacy and Security
        2.1 Introduction
        2.2 Fair Information Practices and Privacy Concerns
        2.3 The GDPR: The Most Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
        2.4 Data Privacy Regulations in the Rest of the World
        2.5 Levels of Emphasis on Privacy and Security
        2.6 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        2.7 Discussion Questions
        2.8 End-of-Chapter Case: France Issued the Biggest Fine under the GDPR against Google
    3 The Economics of Cybercrimes
        3.1 Introduction
        3.2 The Environment and Structure of Cybercrimes: The Vicious Circle
        3.3 A Cybercriminal’s Cost-benefit Calculus
        3.4 Combating Cybercrimes by Altering Their Cost-benefit Structure
        3.5 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        3.6 Discussion Questions
        3.7 End-of-Chapter Case: Innovative Marketing Ukraine and the Scary Scareware Industry
    4 Increasing Returns, Externality, and Rise in Cybercrimes
        4.1 Introduction
        4.2 Increasing Returns and Feedback Loops in Cybercrimes
        4.3 Mechanisms Associated with Externality in Cybercrimes
        4.4 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        4.5 Discussion Questions
        4.6 End-of-Chapter Case: Russian Business Network’s Underground Criminal Business Offerings
Part Two: Macro-level Factors Affecting Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
    5 Political, Cultural, Organizational, and Economic Factors Affecting Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
        5.1 Introduction
        5.2 Institutions’ Effects on Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
        5.3 Stock of Skills
        5.4 Institutional and Organizational Changes
        5.5 Cybersecurity and SMEs
        5.6 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        5.7 Discussion Questions
        5.8 End-of-Chapter Case: Cybersecurity in Brazil
    6 Cybersecurity Policies and Strategies of Major Countries
        6.1 Introduction
        6.2 Key Components of National Cybersecurity Strategy
        6.3 Cybersecurity Policies and Strategies of Major Countries
        6.4 Comparison of Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulations of Major Countries
        6.5 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        6.6 Discussion Questions
        6.7 End-of-Chapter Case: Israel’s National Cybersecurity Strategy
    7 Cybersecurity Issues in International Relations and the Global Political System
        7.1 Introduction
        7.2 International Legal Regimes and Institutional Frameworks
        7.3 Cybersecurity-related Initiatives at the UN
        7.4 Critical Issues and Current Sources of Disagreement among Nations
        7.5 Nations’ Strategic Policy Choices to Deal with Cyberconflicts
        7.6 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        7.7 Discussion Questions
        7.8 End-of-Chapter Case: US–China Relations in Cybersecurity
Part Three: Strategic and Organizational Issues Associated with Cybersecurity
    8 Corporate Cybersecurity Strategy
        8.1 Introduction
        8.2 Goals, Performance, and Control Measures in Cybersecurity Strategy
        8.3 The First Principle of Cybersecurity
        8.4 Various Types of Resources in the Context of Cybersecurity Strategies
        8.5 Mapping Cybersecurity Responses to Potential Cyberthreats
        8.6 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        8.7 Discussion Questions
        8.8 End-of-Chapter Case: Cybersecurity Strategy of Petrobras
    9 Cybersecurity and Marketing: Illustration of Advertising and Branding
        9.1 Introduction
        9.2 Cybersecurity and Brand Equity
        9.3 PPC Advertising and Click Fraud
        9.4 What Can Marketers Do?
        9.5 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        9.6 Discussion Questions
        9.7 End-of-Chapter Case: Rove Digital’s Victimization of Advertisers
    10 Cybersecurity in Human Resources Management
        10.1 Introduction
        10.2 Attracting, Retaining, and Motivating a High-quality Cybersecurity Workforce
        10.3 Influence of Promising and Exemplary Cybersecurity Practices
        10.4 General Environment
        10.5 Firm Characteristics
        10.6 Understanding of Cybersecurity by Board Members and C-level Executives
        10.7 Improving Cyberdefense Capabilities of and Controlling Deviant Behaviors of the Workforce
        10.8 Gender-related Issues in Cybersecurity
        10.9 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        10.10 Discussion Questions
        10.11 End-of-Chapter Case: Defective Human Resources Policies Weakened Home Depot’s Cybersecurity
Part Four: Privacy and Security Issues Associated with New and Evolving ICTs and Systems
    11 Social Media
        11.1 Introduction
        11.2 Impacts on Businesses and Individuals
        11.3 Technological Environment
        11.4 Institutional Environment
        11.5 Social Media Companies’ Efforts to Fight Cybercrimes
        11.6 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        11.7 Discussion Questions
        11.8 End-of-Chapter Case: The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
    12 Cloud Computing
        12.1 Introduction
        12.2 Institutional Issues in the Cloud Industry and Market
        12.3 Institutional Forces and Power Dynamics
        12.4 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        12.5 Discussion Questions
        12.6 End-of-Chapter Case: Cloud Storage Firm Dropbox Gets Hacked
    13 Big Data
        13.1 Introduction
        13.2 Businesses’ and Consumers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Big Data
        13.3 Characteristics of Big Data in Relation to Privacy and Security
        13.4 5G Cellular Services and Big Data
        13.5 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        13.6 Discussion Questions
        13.7 End-of-Chapter Case: Equifax Becomes a Victim of a Big Hack
    14 Smart Cities and the Internet of Things
        14.1 Introduction
        14.2 Smart Cities
        14.3 The Internet of Things
        14.4 Measures Taken by Industry Trade Groups and Cybersecurity Firms
        14.5 Blockchain’s Role in IoT Security
        14.6 The Role of Artificial Intelligence in IoT Security
        14.7 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        14.8 Discussion Questions
        14.9 End-of-Chapter Case: Criminals Use IoT Devices to Attack Dyn
    15 Artificial Intelligence
        15.1 Introduction
        15.2 The Use of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in Cybersecurity
        15.3 Artificial Intelligence and Cyberoffenders
        15.4 The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Surveillance by Government Agencies
        15.5 Chapter Summary and Conclusion
        15.6 Discussion Questions
        15.7 End-of-Chapter Case: Google Ramps Up AI Efforts in CS
Part Five: Conclusion, Recommendations, and the Way Forward
    16 Conclusion, Recommendations, and the Way Forward
        16.1 Introduction
        16.2 The Future of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
        16.3 Implications for Businesses
        16.4 Implications for Consumers
        16.5 Implications for Policy-makers
        16.6 Final Thoughts
Notes
Index