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Cyber Minds

By : Shira Rubinoff
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Cyber Minds

By: Shira Rubinoff

Overview of this book

Shira Rubinoff's Cyber Minds brings together the top authorities in cybersecurity to discuss the emergent threats that face industries, societies, militaries, and governments today. With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Cyber Minds serves as a strategic briefing on cybersecurity and data safety, collecting expert insights from sector security leaders, including: General Gregory Touhill, former Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States Kevin L. Jackson, CEO and Founder, GovCloud Mark Lynd, Digital Business Leader, NETSYNC Joseph Steinberg, Internet Security advisor and thought leader Jim Reavis, Co-Founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance Dr. Tom Kellerman, Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Carbon Black Inc and Vice Chair of Strategic Cyber Ventures Board Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Dr. Sally Eaves, Emergent Technology CTO, Global Strategy Advisor – Blockchain AI FinTech, Social Impact award winner, keynote speaker and author Dr. Guenther Dobrauz, Partner with PwC in Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland Barmak Meftah, President, AT&T Cybersecurity Cleve Adams, CEO, Site 1001 (AI and big data based smart building company) Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President – Cybersecurity Solutions Group, Microsoft Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA Businesses and states depend on effective cybersecurity. This book will help you to arm and inform yourself on what you need to know to keep your business – or your country – safe.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) be Trusted to Run Cybersecurity?
11
Other Books You May Enjoy
12
Index

Oblivious behaviors

We'll start by discussing the kind of behavior you might find from an oblivious, non-malicious insider threat. Oblivious employees aren't motivated by any desire to cause harm, or even by laziness or resistance to protocol; they simply don't understand that the actions they're taking, or forgetting to take, cause holes in their organization's security.

Unattended computers are a hazard

One classic form of oblivious behavior is leaving computers unattended when outside the organization – I've seen this many times at conferences, even security conferences. People go and check in their laptops along with their coats! They hand the laptop over for a checkout ticket, getting a false sense of security and trust because they've got the checkout ticket in their possession. That makes them feel like the laptop's safe; when really, it's been taken by an individual you don't know, to a place you can&apos...