A Three-Vector Approach to Blind Spots in Cybersecurity

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Author(s): Mika Westerlund (Carleton University, Canada), Dan Craigen (Carleton University, Canada), Tony Bailetti (Carleton University, Canada)and Uruemu Agwae (Carleton University, Canada)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 10
Source title: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch147

Keywords: Information Science Reference / IT Research & Theory / IT Research and Theory / Library & Information Science

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Cyberattacks are often successful due to “blind spots” - biases and preconceived information that affect human decision making. Blind spots that obstruct a person's view of malicious activity may result in massive economic losses. This chapter examines eight cases of successful cyberattacks from economic, technological and psychological perspectives to blind spots, termed as “the core vectors”. While previous research has focused on these vectors in isolation, this chapter combines the vectors for an integrated view. As a result, the chapter provides a novel list of blind spots that enable cybercrime.

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