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ABSTRACT:
Legal tools have limits. Mandatory laptop encryption policies aren't going to remedy insider abuse. But when an employee turns bad, we can learn something by asking why. If he was disgruntled with work, then understanding the cause of that frustration has value. Asking why an employee is motivated to engage in wrongdoing can reveal how we can better distribute our security resources. Asking why a hacker wants access--motives may include economics, politics or vanity--can help determine what assets are most vulnerable. One caveat is that the practical value of motive can easily become lost if an organization lacks consistent interdepartmental communication on threats.
Legal tools alone bring hope to combating computer crime, but unless we understand why people behave the way they do, there is still much to fear in this so-called small world.
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AUTHOR:
Julie Tower-Pierce
Attorney and Professor
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