From: Financial Services Roundtable
Imagine this scenario…
A thief comes up behind you with a gun, threatening to shoot. Hoping to protect yourself, you hand him everything. Luckily, there are witnesses. But when the police come, the witnesses choose not to share their accounts, concerned they could be held liable if their facts aren’t 100 percent accurate. You too begin to worry about the impact the crime might have on your reputation if you are perceived as weak or vulnerable.
Fortunately, in the world of physical crime, this scenario does not often play out. Victims and Good Samaritan witnesses provide information that ultimately leads to arrests and prosecutions of criminals.
But that’s not always true in the world of cybercrime.
Cybercrime still has a stigma that suggests the victim is somehow at fault. Cybercriminals aiming to steal money, nations wanting to steal trade secrets and terrorists hoping to hurt businesses are motivated to find ways to attack organizations.
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