1. MIS650 Introduction

2. Is the world a safe place?
Cultural assumptions regarding
Trust
Optimism versus pessimism
Ethics

3. Security Trade-offs
Security is not an isolated good. It is intertwined with other activities, e.g. transactions
Security involves costs. Understanding those costs is key.

4. Security Concepts
Security is about preventing adverse consequences from the intentional and unwarranted actions of others.
From the view
of the defender
Attacks
Attackers
Countermeasures
Aimed at Assets
Role of Technology?

5. Types of Attack What’s the same Theft Embezzlement Vandalism
Exploitation
Fraud
Extortion
Threat of harm
Privacy violations

6. Types of Attack What’s different Automation Class Breaks
Action at a distance
Propagation of techniques

7. Attack Types Schneier’s classification By attacker motive
Criminal attacks
Privacy violations
Publicity attacks
Legal attacks
By attacker motive
Financial or other gain
To damage others

8. Adversaries Those classified as criminals Hackers Lone Criminals
Malicious Insiders
Organized Crime
Terrorists

9. Adversaries Those with claims of legitimacy Industrial spies The press
The police
National Intelligence Organizations
Infowarriors