Understand, Manage, and Measure Cyber Risk: Practical Solutions for Creating a Sustainable Cyber Program

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R. LeirvikUnderstand, Manage, and Measure Cyber Riskhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7821-5_2

2. Why Is It Complicated?

Ryan Leirvik¹  

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Arlington, VA, USA

 

Accepting that technology is inherently flawed awakens a sleeping appreciation for the real complication in cybersecurity: inherently flawed technology is virtually everywhere, and somewhere there is a chief information security officer, or CISO, responsible for protecting others against it.

Technology Is Everywhere

Technology is as pervasive in modern organizations as it is in modern life. Some sort of computer system or sensor exists in many commercial, industrial, and consumer products today. Consumer ...