Dominik Żmuda discusses the risks and fallout associated with Yahoo announcing in September 2016 that in late 2014, data associated with more than 500 million user accounts had been stolen. Virtually all possible events associated with risk exposure arose from the biggest data breach in the history of the Internet.
Read MoreUber Recovery
Joe Pollock discusses how Uber’s success in disrupting the transportation industry has not prevented the decay of the company’s internal culture and resulting risks to its future success. The author examines how an enterprise risk management plan could be developed by utilizing the COSO framework. Uber will need to implement immediate, drastic, and widespread changes to shift the direction of the company’s future.
Read MoreDelta Airline’s Power Outage Risk Analysis
Sukhman Tiwana discusses the power outage that sent shockwaves through Delta Airline’s operations in August 2016 for multiple days, resulting in significant financial and reputational losses. The crisis revealed some underlying system and operational weaknesses. The author examines some of the potential steps Delta can take to reduce risks and improve future operations.
Read MoreOrganizational Risk of Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)
Evan Cottingham discusses the rapidly evolving, business-critical issue of “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) programs, and the considerations and risks applicable across organizations in all sectors. While the benefits of BYOD programs are clear, the associated risks are clearly documented as well, and must be taken into consideration by any organization considering implementing or with an existing BYOD program.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Risks in the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector
Jyotsna Saxena discusses the history and current environment of the automobile-manufacturing sector in India. The analysis begins by providing the historical and cultural context necessary for identifying and understanding the key risks to the sector in both the public and private sectors. Building upon this knowledge, the author explores some of the potential solutions aimed at improving both domestic and international confidence in this key sector, which is a dominant contributor to the country’s economic output.
Read MoreCell Site Location Information And Fourth Amendment Protection
Brian Stanley delves into an in-depth look at implications of government access to and use of cell site location information (CSLI), and the implication for citizens' fourth amendment protection. In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court will review of Carpenter vs. United States, which argues that CSLI should be protected under the Fourth Amendment.
Read MoreThe Harmonious Blend of Policy and Technology: The Need for an IoT Compliance Framework
Andy Herman discusses the rising concerns associated with the Internet of Things, and the lack of a comprehensive cybersecurity compliance framework. The rising number of internet-connected devices has created increasing number of cybersecurity risks, as network of devices are hijacked for malicious purposes.
Read MorePaying for a Rundown U.S. Surface Transportation System
Ermenejildo 'Meadow' Rodriguez Jr. discusses the looming financial difficulties facing the U.S. transportation sector, and the glaring lack of a long-term plan to pay for damaged or dilapidated roads, highways, bridges, and tunnels. The paper looks at the risks associated with the U.S. surface transportation system, and financing its improvement within the public and private realms.
Read MoreEnergy Sector Risk Assessment
Colin Andrade identifies and discusses the key risks the U.S. government and private energy-related corporations face within the Energy Sector. Specifically, the author examines the current risk strategies and controls within the Energy Sector, and then concludes with recommendations about how key stakeholders can improve resiliency.
Read MoreDevelopment and Technology: How Does the Right to Information and the Spread of ICT Affect Global Society?
Keith Snodgrass discusses how the framing of the United Nation’s eight Millennium Development Goal, particularly within the context of information and communications technology. The author examines some potential shortcomings of some of these approaches, and how pursuit of these development goals fits within wider efforts to achieve economic development in the poorer parts of the world.
Read MoreMandatory Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework in Healthcare Sector
Andy Herman discusses the gap in the current healthcare cybersecurity approach – that there is no mandatory risk management framework for healthcare organizations. The author suggests introducing a mandatory implementation of a full cybersecurity framework with monitoring systems before receiving the incentives guaranteed by the meaningful use clause associated with electronic health records.
Read MoreFood for Energy or Energy for Food: A Chemical Dependency
Jeffrey Seward explores the risks and the long-term impact of the Oil and Gas Sector on the Food and Agriculture Sector. Agriculture needs the Oil and Gas Sector in order to produce at current levels. If oil and gas were eliminated overnight, our very ability to produce food crops would be gone along with it. One of the most important risks to look at is need to eat versus need consume oil and gas.
Read MoreNew Age of Cybersecurity: Rethink Cybersecurity Strategies and Implementation
Cory Shyu discusses how the Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed the technology sector profoundly. While companies are rushing to reap benefits from increased productivity and automation by adopting more agile technology solutions, privacy and security issues have risen at an alarming rate. The author addresses the key areas in which companies should rethink cybersecurity strategies and develop appropriate roadmaps to achieve security objectives.
Read MoreHypervigilance and the Digital Age
Matthew Welden discusses the development of a hypervigilant culture within the U.S., with attention-grabbing low-frequency incidents overshadowing the far deadlier but less sensational everyday risks. While we now live in a modern world where people are living longer, freer, and richer than ever before, more of us have become captives of fear. The author defines the condition of hypervigilance, illustrates the condition with historical examples, and then offers some solutions to the condition and ethical arguments for their consideration.
Read MoreAmerican Dams: Risk Analysis & Recommendations
Courtney Harris examines dams across the U.S and the risks they impose on the American people. In particular, this paper focuses on the increasing threats to the sector from inconsistent governance, lacking emergency action plans, and growing concerns about the environmental and cultural impact of dams.
Read MoreDomestic Spheres or Universal Values, & The Future of Internet Governance
Adam Lewis reviews the actions of major Internet communications companies in China and identifies the ethical framework each has applied while operating in the Chinese market. Specifically, the framework outlined by Michael Quinn in Ethics for the Information Age.
Read MoreThe American Health Care System
Divya Kothari delves into the complex and most recent evolution of the American Health Care system, and the subsequently evolving risks associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The growing complexities of this critical sector have added to the existing risks of an already complicated landscape.
Read MoreDam Operational Risk
Iisaaksiichaa Ross Braine examines the U.S. Dams Sector, and identifies potential control failures and identifies the best path for mitigation, specifically in terms of energy. The author uses internal audits of the Homeland Security system, combined with best practices pulled from both the “Dams Sector-Specific Plan” and “Operational Risk Management” written by Philippa X. Girling. Iisaaksiichaa discusses potential solutions and illustrates the steps the Dams Sector could take in order to shore up cyber defenses.
Read MoreThe Big Bad NSA: A Risk Based Analysis of Domestic Spying Practices
Jared Williams discusses the major risks around government domestic surveillance programs, particularly the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). While domestic surveillance is not a new practice by governments, technological innovations have changed the game.
Read MoreCybersecurity in the U.S. Private Security
Mark Tchao discusses how incentivizing companies to invest in top cybersecurity measures in the profit-driven market continues to be a challenge. Government compliance can be illusory, but without decisive changes in the landscape of matters, things may only get worse.
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