Start Date

30-10-2021 2:30 PM

End Date

30-10-2021 3:00 PM

Location

Online Zoom Session

Abstract

Students in multiple cohorts of our 3000 level Fundamentals of Information Systems Security course were given a discussion question where they had to either agree or disagree with the premise that given all the constant threats to our systems, we should dedicate more of our efforts to quickly repairing the damage of an attack rather than dedicate more of our time and energies to preventing such attacks. They were required to give their reasoning and provide sources to back up their analysis of his comment.

This paper will describe and explain the concept of cyber resiliency. It will then evaluate the responses of the students and their sources to determine if they felt that emphasizing bringing systems back quickly over prevention is a cybersecurity practice that more organizations should consider, as well as give some recommendations about both cyber prevention and cyber resiliency methods.

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Oct 30th, 2:30 PM Oct 30th, 3:00 PM

Resilience vs. Prevention. Which is the Better Cybersecurity Practice?

Online Zoom Session

Students in multiple cohorts of our 3000 level Fundamentals of Information Systems Security course were given a discussion question where they had to either agree or disagree with the premise that given all the constant threats to our systems, we should dedicate more of our efforts to quickly repairing the damage of an attack rather than dedicate more of our time and energies to preventing such attacks. They were required to give their reasoning and provide sources to back up their analysis of his comment.

This paper will describe and explain the concept of cyber resiliency. It will then evaluate the responses of the students and their sources to determine if they felt that emphasizing bringing systems back quickly over prevention is a cybersecurity practice that more organizations should consider, as well as give some recommendations about both cyber prevention and cyber resiliency methods.

 

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