Cognitive hack : the new battleground in cybersecurity... the human mind

✍ Scribed by Bone, James

• Publisher: Auerbach Publications, CRC Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 204
• Series: Internal audit and IT audit
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores a broad cross section of research and actual case studies to draw out new insights that may be used to build a benchmark for IT security professionals. This research takes a deeper dive beneath the surface of the analysis to uncover novel ways to mitigate data security vulnerabilities, connect the dots and identify patterns in the data on breaches. This analysis will assist security professionals not only in benchmarking their risk management programs but also in identifying forward looking security measures to narrow the path of future vulnerabilities.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Introduction: the new battleground in cybersecurity --
the human mind --
Cybersecurity: understanding vulnerability --
Cognitive behavior: advances in situational awareness --
The cyber paradox --
why more (of the same) is less --
The risk of weighing the threat by the numbers --
Deception: hacking the mind of the hacker --
Bridge to cognitive risk framework.

✦ Subjects

Data protection;Computer security;Risk management;Business enterprises;Security measures