Risk Matters: Cyber Risk and AI – The Changing Landscape
Cyber risk is a top concern for organizations worldwide, intensified by AI's dual role in bolstering defenses and enhancing attacks. The Gordon-Loeb Model offers a cost-benefit framework to optimize cybersecurity investments, emphasizing AI's evolving, game-theoretic complexities.
Vigilance, Resilience, Flexibility as Keys to Countering Evolving Cyber Threats
Experts from the Smith School of Business and School of Public Policy convened for the 20th Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity Forum, addressing cyber risk management through vigilance, resilience, and flexibility amid evolving threats and emerging technologies.
Small Business Still Means Big Risk – Listen to Economists
EY Professor Lawrence A. Gordon highlights that cyber risks pose significant threats to businesses, particularly small ones. Limited resources make small businesses prime targets for cybercriminals, who exploit their vulnerabilities, underscoring the need for affordable cybersecurity measures.
World Bank Taps Smith Research, Expertise for ‘Cybersecurity Economics for Emerging Markets’
The World Bank Group’s “Cybersecurity Economics for Emerging Markets” highlights research from the Smith School, detailing the economic impacts of cyber incidents and strategies for emerging markets, featuring insights from experts Lawrence Gordon, Martin Loeb, and Lei Zhou.
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‘Collective Action’ a Focus of the 19th Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective
University of Maryland researchers and the U.S. Attorney for Maryland described the significance of cybersecurity as a collective action, as part of the 19th Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective.
Cybersecurity Risk: A Technology Problem Requiring an Economic Solution
By Lawrence A. Gordon, EY Professor of Managerial Accounting and Information AssuranceRepublished with permission from Dataquest Magazine
SEC Cites Smith Research in New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules for Public Companies
University of Maryland's Smith School of Business research influences SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules. SEC-registered businesses must adhere to updates. Martin P. Loeb's studies cited, emphasizing market reactions to cyber incidents. Gordon's advocacy spans 15+ years. Research supports mandatory disclosure. Implications for Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium's cyber risk understanding.
Research.com Ranks 17 Maryland Smith Professors Among World’s “Best Scientists”
Research.com named 17 scholars from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in its latest “best scientists” ranking. The Smith School ranked No. 4 in the United States and No. 5 worldwide in the 2023 Business and Management university ranking, with 11 scholars on the list.
Business Leaders’ ‘Enormous Role’ in Cybersecurity Compliance
Tremendous opportunity for business students lies in an emerging and needed interdisciplinary approach to “making cyber and law work together.” This, according to privacy and cybersecurity attorney Kirk Nahra in delivering the Ira H. Shapiro Memorial Lecture as part of the 18th Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective.