Getting ahead of cybercriminals
Although handling cybercrime is challenging, there are ways that CIOs, with the CISO’s support, can outthink, outsmart, and outmaneuver cybercriminals. CIOs must play a role in driving technology transformation efforts that include planning for better cyber resiliency.
Theresa Payton, CEO at Fortalice, author of MANIPULATED: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth, and the first female CIO at the White House, shared her views with Shamane on the actions critical for CIOs to fortify resiliency in the face cybercriminals. To make an evolutionary change, her top three actions are:
- Understand and educate yourself about what drives human nature and incorporate that into your cybersecurity.
- Get to know the criminals. Create decoys of authentic-looking human profiles and systems that look valuable and leave them vulnerable to cybercriminals. Then, study the criminal elements that attack the decoys and learn from...