In the past several years, the list of companies whose internal systems have been hacked has grown rapidly. Unfortunately, investment in security measures is only part of the answer. To be effective, managers in charge of cybersecurity need to adjust their mindsets and become as open and adaptive as possible. This MIT Sloan Management Review article elaborates on why companies need to understand hackers’ tactics and mindsets, and how to achieve these using a framework drawn from the knowledge and opinions of experts.
Instructions
Download the article from D2L à Content à Week 8 à Assignment 4 folder. Submit your answers to article-related questions in D2L no later than Sunday Oct 27th, 11:30 p.m.
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Article-Related Questions
1. Why is it less common for today’s hackers to work independently? 2. Based on what you read in this article, how do you describe a hacker in terms of
personality traits and behavioral characteristics? 3. Why an experienced hacker will not attack a new system a company has just
activated? Isn’t a new system more vulnerable among various forms of attacks? 4. Summarize the discussed framework on the process that hackers employ to attack
an organization. 5. What have you learned from this article? As a future manager, what will you take
away from this article?
Grading
This assignment values 10 points of your grade.