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Individual Career Versus Corporate Security: A Simulation of CSO Investment Choices

In: Cyberdefense

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  • David Baschung

    (D-MTEC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

  • Sébastien Gillard

    (Military Academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

  • Jean-Claude Metzger

    (Hemotune AG)

  • Marcus M. Keupp

    (Military Academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

Abstract

For corporate security officers (CSOs), investment decisions about IT security are more challenging than microeconomic models would suggest. Large budgets are not necessarily associated with effective corporate protection, whereas cybersecurity breaches negatively affect individual career prospects irrespective of prior investments. In this chapter we build on the Gordon-Loeb model to develop a recursive model which simulates investment dynamics, CSO reputation and inter-firm migration as well as cyberdefense effectiveness. We argue that a positive (negative) dynamic should exist between high (low) CSO reputation and effective corporate protection, and we simulate this hypothesized relationship by a Monte Carlo process which uses data from real cybersecurity breaches.

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  • David Baschung & Sébastien Gillard & Jean-Claude Metzger & Marcus M. Keupp, 2023. "Individual Career Versus Corporate Security: A Simulation of CSO Investment Choices," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Marcus Matthias Keupp (ed.), Cyberdefense, chapter 0, pages 163-181, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-3-031-30191-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30191-9_11
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