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Why Do Businesses Pay Ransoms to Cyber Criminals? Irrationality and Compliance versus Common
The Story of One Hotel and Four Ransoms There is a small 4-star hotel in Austrian Alps called Seehotel Jägerwirt. On the one hand, there...

Ganna Pogrebna
Nov 29, 20224 min read
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External Culture, Corporate Values, and Cyber Security of the "New Normal"
For almost a year, our planet has been living in conditions of the global pandemic. This pandemic, caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease...

Ganna Pogrebna
Nov 1, 20205 min read
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An Earthquake in a Jar: Cybersecurity of Connected Things
A computer chip represents a basic level of digital technology. Chips are used in many areas of human life, but the nature of a chip is...

Ganna Pogrebna
Aug 8, 20208 min read
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Cyberattacks on Your Brand and IP: Technology versus Human Factors
In October 2015, the cyberattack on telecommunications company TalkTalk compromised personal information belonging to more than 150,000...

Ganna Pogrebna
Jul 29, 20205 min read
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The Privacy Relativity Principle
We constantly hear that everything involving humans is relative and context-dependent. Naturally, this relativity and context-dependency...

Ganna Pogrebna
Jul 2, 20204 min read
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Is the Trade-off between Information Sharing and Cybersecurity Real?
Why the Current Cyber Attacks in Australia highlight the Global Information Sharing Crisis in Cybersecurity On June 19, 2020, the...

Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 24, 20205 min read
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Deception As A Cyber Defence Tool
Businesses in many different sectors build their cyber security systems based on an assumption that contemporary cyber security threats...

Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 17, 20206 min read
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Cyber Security of FinTech Part 3: Technology Challenges
In the previous posts on cyber security of FinTech, we identified 4 main categories of challenges which are faced by the FinTech...

Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 2, 20204 min read
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Why Is It Important to Quantify the Consequences of Potential Cyber Attacks?
Many businesses are struggling with cyber security defence, because it is hard to quantify potential harm from cyber attacks....

Ganna Pogrebna
May 27, 20204 min read
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50 Shades of Online Employment Fraud: What We All Need to Know
The beginning of 2020 brought about an unprecedented global challenge - the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, as of today, it is clear that...

Ganna Pogrebna
May 21, 20204 min read
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Perceptional Invariance: 5 Psychological Reasons Why We Keep Believing Cybercriminals
Cyber Security as a Behavioural Science: Part 5 Consider the following paradox. On the one hand, it is very difficult to get people's...

Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 25, 20204 min read
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False Flags: The Art of Making Context-Dependent Cyber Security Decisions
Defining what is "cyber safe" and what is "cyber secure" is not a simple clear-cut task. In different business contexts "cyber safety"...

Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 22, 20203 min read
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Now Is A Great Time to Understand Cyber Security Preferences of Your Staff: Here is Why
While the planet waits with bated breath for the start of the new recession, the current economic crisis caused by the COVID19 outbreak...

Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 8, 20204 min read
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Cyber Security of Working from Home: Technology versus Psychology
Social distancing became one of the most strongly advocated measures to manage the #COVID19 outbreak magnitude in many countries around...

Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 18, 20205 min read
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The Cyber Security of Older and Wiser
Resent research shows that older adults face increased risk associated with COVID-19. Specifically, this analysis publicised by Columbia...

Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 13, 20206 min read
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Perceived Vulnerability Paradox: Did COVID-19 actually change the way we think about cybersecurity?
All my social media accounts have exploded. It seems like people are engaged in endless fights. About half of news items and posts I see...

Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 11, 20205 min read
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Cybercrime Is All about Creativity
Have you ever wondered what do cybercriminals and fashion designers have in common? The answer is simple - creativity! When talking about...

Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 5, 20205 min read
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