Predicting the Occurrence of a Data Breach

Barati, Mehdi; Yankson, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.jjimei.2022.100128

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“…Public data released through OGD initiatives might contain personal data or could be combined with other sources of private and public data to gain personal information about an individual. Disclosure of personal information about people exposes them to a myriad of harms and risks, including but not limited to identity theft, financial scams, reputational damage, lack of employability, lack of insurability, discrimination, and surveillance Barati & Yankson, 2022;Francey & Mettler, 2021;Institute of Medicine, 2013;Pernelle et al, 2013;Wood et al, 2016). Specific harms can arise from personal privacy violations of OGD programs, including loss of public trust in government institutions, chilling effect on free expression, and unintentional disclosure of national security information.…”

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Open Government Data Programs and Information Privacy Concerns: A Literature Review

Barati

2023

JeDEM

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This study presents a narrative review of the literature on privacy concerns of Open Government Data (OGD) programs and identifies suggested technical, procedural, and legal remedies. Peer-reviewed articles were identified and analysed from major bibliographic databases, including Web of Science, Digital ACM Library, IEEE Explore Digital Library, and Science Direct. Included articles focus on identifying individual information privacy concerns from the viewpoint of OGD stakeholders or providing solutions for mitigating concerns and risks. Papers that discussed and focused on general privacy issues or privacy concerns of open data in general or open science privacy concerns were excluded. Three streams of research were identified: 1) exploring privacy concerns and balance with OGD value propositions, 2) proposing solutions for mitigating privacy concerns, and 3) developing risk-based frameworks for the OGD program at different governmental levels. Findings suggest that contradictions with Fair Information Practices, reidentification risks, conflicts with OGD value propositions, and smart city data practices are significant privacy concerns in the literature. Proposed solutions include technical, legal, and procedural measures to mitigate privacy concerns. Building on the findings, practical implications and suggested future research directions are provided.

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“…OGD barriers are studied intensively, including technical, organizational, legal, and usability barriers (Barati & Yankson, 2022;Crusoe & Melin, 2018;M. Janssen et al, 2012;Martin, 2014;.…”

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Open Government Data Programs and Information Privacy Concerns: A Literature Review

Barati

2023

JeDEM

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“…A 2021 IBM report (IBM, 2021) demonstrated that the United States continues to record the costliest data breach incidents worldwide. The report depicted that the average global cost of a data breach has reached over $4 million, far greater than the Ponemon Institute's Cost of a Data Breach Report for 2020 (Barati & Yankson, 2022); which put the average cost of worldwide data breaches in 2020 amounted to $3.86 million. To put this into context, between 2005 and 2019, a report from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) shows about 9,015 data breaches, accounting for 11,690,762,146 breached records (Demeyer, 2011).…”

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Robots Security Assessment and Analysis Using Open-Source Tools

Yankson

Loucks²,

Sampson³

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The Internet of things (IoT) has revolutionized many aspects of the world, including industrial systems, automobiles, home automation, and surveillance, to name a few. IoT has offered a multitude of conveniences for our daily lives, such as being able to control our thermostats remotely, view our home surveillance cameras while away, or have a smart television that can surf the web. However, the widespread adoption of IoT devices combined with their vast device vulnerabilities results in significant security risks reinforcing the need for more robust default security controls and public awareness. As such, this paper aims to discover and document security vulnerabilities in the Asus Zenbo Junior IoT robot, along with providing a few best practices when securing smart home devices. This work presents an experiment using several security vulnerability assessment tools such as Nmap and OpenVAS scans to assess cybersecurity vulnerability currently present on Zenbo based on the 4P forensic investigative framework. The result of the experiment shows multiple open ports were discovered, along with miscellaneous information that an attacker could use to their advantage to attack the Zenbo robot. Based on the result, this work presents various security precautions that can help users protect against cyber-attack.

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“…With the massive reliance on internet-enabled communication and devices, the world has also experienced massive growth in data breach incidents (Barati and Yankson, 2022; Zhang et al , 2022). Data breaches are defined as the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, essentially compromising the confidentiality and/or integrity of the data, and can be achieved intentionally or unintentionally (Garrison and Ncube, 2011).…”

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Experts’ feedback on the cybersecurity footprint elements: in pursuit of a quantifiable measure of SMBs’ cybersecurity posture

Gafni

Levy

2023

ICS

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Purpose While data breaches are reported daily, organizations are struggling with quantifying their cybersecurity posture. This paper aims to introduce the Universal Cybersecurity Footprint Index (UCFI), an organizational measure of Cybersecurity Footprint. The UCFI helps organizations understand the challenges related to their overall cybersecurity posture and be able to assess it for their supply chain cybersecurity. The Theory of Cybersecurity Footprint states that the risk and damage that can be caused by an attacked organization are not related to the size of the organization but to a range of parameters that may affect the interconnected entities in their supply chain. Design/methodology/approach Based on the 26 elements found in prior research, a survey was conducted, using 27 subject matter experts to reveal the most relevant elements and then specify their importance level to calculate their relative weight. Findings Results indicated that 20 of the 26 elements were validated, and their weights were calculated. Finally, an equation representing the UCFI for an organization is introduced. Practical implications Organizations can choose their partners according to a minimum value of the UCFI to reduce their cybersecurity risks. Social implications Supply chain cybersecurity incidents have demonstrated in the past several years to provide a massive impact on society. Thus, further assisting in mitigation of cyberattacks to the supply chain is significant. Originality/value This research aims to provide further assistance for organizations in quantifying their cybersecurity footprint in effort to help reduce cyber incidents, especially those for small organizations.

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Predicting the Occurrence of a Data Breach

Cited by 13 publications

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Open Government Data Programs and Information Privacy Concerns: A Literature Review

Open Government Data Programs and Information Privacy Concerns: A Literature Review

Robots Security Assessment and Analysis Using Open-Source Tools

Experts’ feedback on the cybersecurity footprint elements: in pursuit of a quantifiable measure of SMBs’ cybersecurity posture

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