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Transnational Organized Crime and Gangs: Intervention, Prevention, and Suppression of Cybersecurity provides several first-person examples of the mind set and mentality present in today's transnational organized crime groups combined with a holistic approach towards prevention and intervention in the cybersecurity space.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Problem
- Purpose
- Theory
- Concepts
Review Questions:
- What is the root problem?
- What is the Plan Do Check Act theory?
- Are gangs in nations like Russia or China that can be particularly resourceful and dangerous - secretly sponsoring hackers' efforts and protecting them from international law enforcement?
Chapter 2: Prevention
- Environment
- Education
- Socio-Economics
- Summary
Review Questions:
- Does compliance with standards and laws protect a business and executives from liability?
- What education is appropriate to prepare a cyber professional for today's cyber threats?
- What is the estimated economic loss from cyber crime annually?
Chapter 3: Historical First-Person Accounts
- Washington DC metro
- Houston, TX
- New York City metro
- Summary
Review Questions:
- What are your thoughts and impressions on the first person accounts?
- What takeaways can you apply to your current or future cyber career?
- Can you be as flexible to move around the country/world to complete training/work?
Chapter 4: Intervention
- Purpose of ISO 27001/Cybersecurity Measures
- Theory of ISO 27001/Cybersecurity Measures
- Concepts of ISO 27001/Cybersecurity Measures
- Integrating ISO 27001/Cybersecurity Measures
Review Questions:
- What is an ISMS?
- What is ISO 27001?
- How do you integrate the ISO 27001 cradle to grave?
Chapter 5: Suppression
- Problem
- Purpose
- Concepts
- Operationalization
- Summary
Review Questions:
- Do you think the newly created DHS National Risk Management Center will assist in implementing cybersecurity measures for financial services, telecommunications, and energy sectors?
- Are laws/measures such as Data Protection Law, NYS Cyber Security Law 18, Federal law, Including the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), NIST 800-171, HIPAA, and GDPR enough for cyber professionals to protect our infrastructure?
- Are people, processes, and technologies vulnerabilities in cyber security?
Chapter 6: Findings and Conclusions
- Recommendations
Review Questions:
- What are your recommendations for America to bolster cyber security defenses?
- Do you think our current cyber security measures adequate?
- What are your next steps to share your knowledge obtained from this book?
About the author
By Robert M. Brzenchek
Summary
Transnational Organized Crime and Gangs: Intervention, Prevention, and Suppression of Cybersecurity provides several first-person examples of the mind set and mentality present in today’s transnational organized crime groups combined with a holistic approach towards prevention and intervention in the cybersecurity space.
