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Empirically Evaluating the Effect of Security Precautions on Cyber Incidents
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Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Audience: Students, professors, government
Presenter(s): Tyler Moore, University of Tulsa
Abstract: Available data on firm cybersecurity often exhibits a positive correlation between investment in security precautions and cyber-attacks since investments are often made after a firm has been breached. Using survey data from Israeli firms about their cyber defenses, we overcome the endogeneity obstacle using an instrumental variable (IV) drawn from questions about a cybersecurity directive. The resulting regressions examine the causal relationship between security precautions potentially undertaken by enterprises and the likelihood of experiencing a cyber-incident. Once suitably instrumented and controlling for characteristics that make some firms more attractive attack targets than others, we find robust evidence that increased adoption of security controls does in fact reduce the likelihood of being breached. Following the research discussion, I will also briefly describe the innovative organizational structure of the School of Cyber Studies at the University of Tulsa. Established in 2021, our school is the nation’s first and only dedicated academic department in cyber offering BS, MS, and PhD degrees. The school is interdisciplinary by design, with faculty spanning computer science, engineering, business, law, social sciences, and humanities. Today, approximately 40 PhD students pursue advanced research studies on a variety of topics that often combine multiple disciplinary approaches.
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NOTE: This Lecture Series cannot be recorded. Students and faculty are encouraged to attend live.