A firm's failure to protect and control confidential information is posited to affect its cost of debt. Using a sample of 199 cybersecurity breaches from 2005 to 2014, I find a positive association between a cybersecurity breach and a firm's cost of privately placed debt. Compared with loans...

This presentation advances upon recent world leading Cybersecurity-CyberFinance Computational Risk Analytics Research selected for 30 SSRN Top-10 Research Ranking Awards and invited for presentation at the 2015 Princeton Quantitative Trading Conference. The primary focus of the presentation is...

Cyber risk, a type of operational risk, is today considered a key component in the enterprise risk management framework. Under BASEL regulations, a bank could recognize the risk mitigating impact of the Cyber Liability Insurance (CLI) contract while calculating the minimum operational risk...

To avert the impending global Cyber-Finance Insurance Crisis based upon large-scale commercial reliance upon quantitative models with inherent model risks, tail risks, and systemic risks in current form, this post-doctoral thesis makes the following key contributions: Develops the first known...

The invited plenary keynote presentation addressed to a national group of senior Fortune 100 practice leaders including Chief Security Officers focuses on emerging trends in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). The keynote builds upon author's recent Financial Risk Management practice leadership...

The Consumer Finance Institute hosted a workshop in February 2017 featuring James Fox, partner and principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and a leading authority on cybersecurity in the financial services industry. He discussed the importance of measuring cyber risk, highlighted some...

The SEC has expressed concern that some emerging risks - most notably, cybersecurity risk - exhibit an insufficient level and quality of disclosure. Policymakers envision a board role in cybersecurity risk management, but whether that role would effectively improve risk disclosure is an open...

This paper addresses government policies that can influence commercial practices to weaken security in products and services sold on the commercial market. The debate on information surveillance for national security must include consideration of the potential cybersecurity risks and economic...