Background Information Crowdsourcing information security uses the reach of crowdsourcing to tackle problems involving information security and cyber security. To effectively crowdsource a task, especially in information security, three criteria must be met:
• First, the crowdsourcing task must be solvable by a large group.
• Second, the requester must have access to a large group of people that work either collaboratively or independently toward a solution.
• Third, the requester needs to attract these people to engage in a crowdsourcing task via an open call (Hetmank, 2014). The first criteria, defining a task, can be a task of any kind. Common examples include news aggregation, and some forms of social media (Hetmank, 2014). For information …show more content…
One organization’s solution to one cyber threat may possibly be used to fight another threat another organization else has. Therefore, recognizing one attack source can aid other organizations in both defenses. By helping each other, a community can form a collective defense where each participant shares its knowledge of attack data the benefit of all participants (Imperva, 2013).
Advantages of Crowdsourcing Information Security When used for securing information or disseminating information, crowdsourcing provides many tangible advantages when compared to traditional methods. Of the many, three stand out above all: the potential cost effectiveness, the ability to project a reach of a global range, and the ability to collaborate effectively.
Cost effective Perhaps the most important benefit when crowdsourcing information security is the savings in costs when organized effectively. There is various reason as to why crowdsourcing operations can be more cost effective than traditional work methods. The most important include the easy availability of technology platforms (Hui, 2015), and the ability to meet sensitive work demands (Massolution, …show more content…
This is due to the fact that some information entered into the databases are inherently sensitive and private, such as social security numbers or medical history (Massolution, 2013). For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (PA DOR) processes over 10 million tax returns a year and during tax season and suffers from increased workloads during those particular weeks (Massolution, 2013). To combat this problem PA DOR hired Lionbridge technology, a company that employs enterprise crowdsourcing solutions, who came up with an innovative
• First, the crowdsourcing task must be solvable by a large group.
• Second, the requester must have access to a large group of people that work either collaboratively or independently toward a solution.
• Third, the requester needs to attract these people to engage in a crowdsourcing task via an open call (Hetmank, 2014). The first criteria, defining a task, can be a task of any kind. Common examples include news aggregation, and some forms of social media (Hetmank, 2014). For information …show more content…
One organization’s solution to one cyber threat may possibly be used to fight another threat another organization else has. Therefore, recognizing one attack source can aid other organizations in both defenses. By helping each other, a community can form a collective defense where each participant shares its knowledge of attack data the benefit of all participants (Imperva, 2013).
Advantages of Crowdsourcing Information Security When used for securing information or disseminating information, crowdsourcing provides many tangible advantages when compared to traditional methods. Of the many, three stand out above all: the potential cost effectiveness, the ability to project a reach of a global range, and the ability to collaborate effectively.
Cost effective Perhaps the most important benefit when crowdsourcing information security is the savings in costs when organized effectively. There is various reason as to why crowdsourcing operations can be more cost effective than traditional work methods. The most important include the easy availability of technology platforms (Hui, 2015), and the ability to meet sensitive work demands (Massolution, …show more content…
This is due to the fact that some information entered into the databases are inherently sensitive and private, such as social security numbers or medical history (Massolution, 2013). For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (PA DOR) processes over 10 million tax returns a year and during tax season and suffers from increased workloads during those particular weeks (Massolution, 2013). To combat this problem PA DOR hired Lionbridge technology, a company that employs enterprise crowdsourcing solutions, who came up with an innovative