What could we possibly learn about cybersecurity from the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, you ask? Well, pardon our parallels and allow us some latitude as we explore this holiday classic with a cyber theme.
In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge (say, the community of faith) is visited by the ghost of his longtime partner and friend, Jacob Marley (the Faith-Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organization), warning Scrooge that he’s doomed if he doesn’t change his ways. Jacob then foretells Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits who will show Scrooge visions of his past, present, and a very unpleasant future should the trajectory of his life remain unchanged.
Like the Christmas spirits, the cybersecurity community takes a similar approach at the end of each year by reviewing past events and incidents, looking at the present, and applying lessons learned to increase future cyber readiness. With that in mind, FB-ISAO presents some of these cyber events to help propel organizations toward a positive future trajectory of cyber resilience.
The Ghost of Cyber Past. This spirit takes us on a journey of the most notable cyber events…
