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I think we look at this all wrong. Cybersecurity is not only a technology problem but a human problem. We need to spend a lot more resources tracking down the s
by mcot2 5y ago
I think we look at this all wrong. Cybersecurity is not only a technology problem but a human problem. We need to spend a lot more resources tracking down the sources of these attacks from a human perspective and treating it like a military/diplomatic issue if stonewalled by foreign governments.
Domestically we need to really increase the punishments for these and other computer crimes and step up enforcement significantly.
- throwaway1777 5y agoWe need politicians who understand computers at all first or the laws are going to make zero sense like the current ones.
- dredmorbius 5y agoYou'd probably want fraud and audit controls as well. The problem here is that the attacks are so easily perpetrated. My approach would be: - Reduce risks: change practices, increase system security,decrease holdings of vulnerable data. - Increase monitoring: watch for specific patterns of behaviour. - Increase checks and balances and procedures within and between organisations and firms: one of the simplest anti-fraud actions is to increase the number of individuals required to make a specific action. For automated data processing, that poses obvious challenges, though multiple paths and validations of requests is one option. 2FA is in one sense a form of this. - Changes in law and regulation such that individuals are not obligated to provide or agree to collection or submission of personal information and behavioural data in order to participate in the normal everyday business of life: communications, commerce, travel, work, education, and more. - Strict and biting consequences for firms which fail to reduce risks and protect individuals privacy and confidentiality.