Systems Theory | The SPARKS Project

Reversing the Drift into Failure

05/04/2016

In his January 2016 Cryptogram newsletter, Bruce Schneier reprinted an essay on “normalization of deviance”: the process of divergence from defined policies and procedures into increasingly risky practices. Explored in detail by Dr. Diane Vaughan, as well as by other researchers and practitioners seeking to explain catastrophic failure events, it bears great relevance on cyber […]

Risky Root Causes

14/12/2015

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I spoke recently at a workshop organized by the Alan Turing Institute in London to identify areas related to cyber security in which major research is needed. Though I focused on security analytics, I also talked about the need to develop more effective models for understanding and managing risk, citing the work that we are […]