How Do You Prepare for the Unexpected Cyber Attack?

5 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2020

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Stuart Madnick

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Date Written: January 1, 2020

Abstract

Last fall, in Northern California, the United States experienced its first ever deliberate large-scale and long-lasting blackout. Fueled by fears of increased devastating fires due to its century-old equipment, the region’s utility company shut off power to more than 1.5 million people forcing many evacuations. The impact was devastating; Michael Wara, a climate and energy expert at Stanford University, estimated the cost to California as up to $2.5 billion. For cybersecurity experts like myself, the blackout was a signal of just how precarious our reliance on electricity is, and how much we have to fear in cyberattacks.

Suggested Citation

Madnick, Stuart E., How Do You Prepare for the Unexpected Cyber Attack? (January 1, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3555451 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3555451

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