CIOIN

Google hacked, Facebook Hacked, CitiGroup Hacked, RSA hacked! No one—no matter how big your brand, how highly placed you are in the capitalistic conglomerate, or how many resources you put into security—is safe from cyber criminals.
Worse, the romantic elusiveness (think Anonymous) which used to be associated with cyber criminals, the tag of the anti-hero, is making a comeback. It doesn’t help that their status as legends, in a Robin Hood-esque way, is reinforced when they stay a step ahead of the law or of CISOs.
The only way, it seems, to get them off their pedestal, is to get ahead of them. It is time to stop playing helpless victim and start putting a face to these faceless attacks. And one way to do that is to get inside their minds and predict their next move.
Hard? Yes. Impossible? No, not with the use of psychology and behavioral sciences. Cyber criminals are after the same things as traditional criminals: Fame, money and love. They are victims of their own stereotype, of their own habits. Criminal psychologists have made great strides in understanding the criminal mind. And it’s only a matter of time before some of those learnings percolate in the world of cyber crimes.
In the meanwhile, CISOs need to protect their organizations against new trends in the threat landscape (Pg 54). And they also need to find new ways to put a cost on the benefits of security. The workings of the underground market (Pg 60) should help do that.
Fore-warned is fore-armed.

Read On:
The Profile of a Cyber Criminal
Trends in Security
Data On Sale