Stephanie H. Kwiatkowski

This is really an interesting article and thought process. I am not sure how I feel about it – I like how the article points out the pros and cons! Looking forward to your thoughts!

I don’t believe the benefits of using crowd-sourcing cyber-security outweigh the negatives. If my security is going to be compromised I would prefer it to be my fault not the fault of someone else, therefore I don’t feel I would ever be able to personally stomach this approach. I do believe it could be helpful in certain situations but as you said in question 2 regarding the Trojan Horse theory, if this becomes a new thing wouldn’t hackers just find a way to act as crowd-sourcing help to hack you from the inside instead of the outside. Interesting article.

I think the idea behind crowdsourcing is interesting and the “strength in numbers” defense seems like a plausible idea. I do think there is always a threat to any cybersecurity operation and the bases behind crowdsourcing does seem to open the possibility that a threat might be successful. By allowing these third parties in, I think could cause more damage than good. But if crowdsourcing limits the probability of a successful attack, it should be something companies (Target, Home Depot, etc.) are looking at regarding cybersecurity.