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$1000: Apply for Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources

November 10, 2008 – 6:00 am – As part of the University of Maryland’s Great Expectation’s Campaign, Dr. Lawrence Gordon endowed a prize for the best essay in Managing Cybersecurity Resources. Dr. Gordon has been very generous with his time in answering questions regarding on information security economics for…
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The Difference between Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Analysis and Why It Matters (Part 3)

November 5, 2008 – 6:00 am – As we saw in part 2 of this series, some of the traditional arguments used for distinguishing between quantitative and qualitative risk analysis (RA) are based upon dubious assumptions. Many writers assume that “quantitative” equals objective and numerical, while…
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