398 — Professor Lawrence Gordon
From Risky Business · hosted by Patrick Gray
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Summary
This week’s show is one for the CSOs! It’s the economic edition with Professor Lawrence Gordon, co-creator of the Gordon Loeb model for Cyber Security investment. We speak to him about contemporary infosec budgets and how spending $500m a year by some financial institutions in the USA is actually sensible.
Learning Points (Q&A)
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What is the name of President Obama’s new Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) scholarship program for cyber-warriors who agree to serve in the Federal government?
- a) CyberCorps Reserve
- b) Public Private Partnership
- c) Secure Gov 2016
- d) Cybersecurity Excellence in Education
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Recent police raids in Russia could signal the end of the banking malware trojan known as ________.
Fill in the blank.
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As an example of corporate cybersecurity awareness following a data breach, Target’s annual 10K report went from 1 paragraph on cybersecurity risk in 2012, to being discussed how much in 2013?
- a) 2 paragraphs
- b) 2 full pages
- c) 7 paragraphs
- d) 7 full pages
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In addition to the value of the information to the organization, you should also estimate the value of the information to someone who acts outside of the law. Both increase the _____________ of a breach.
Fill in the blank.
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Economic models should be thought of as a compliment to, not as a substitute for, sound business judgment.
True or False.
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