Case Studies

Question 1

Jeopardy

Answer 1

Watson - complex AI. Had to quickly retrieve data and interpret puns and cryptic formulations of quiz questions. Learn from patterns of previous jeopardy games.

Question 2

Google

Answer 2

Algorithm developed to establish model for search

Question 3

Boston dynamics

Answer 3

Crated AI that moved more like a dog than a human. (Baxter)

Question 4

CVS

Answer 4

Used general tech to solve specific problems of a large scale pharmacy. New software was a complimentary technology.

Question 5

Snowden

Answer 5

Left facility with a USB drive full of sensitive data.
Root Causes: insufficient monitoring of contractors, toxic accumulation of domain knowledge and accumulation of privileges, classification of information inadequate, no process auditing, lacking physical security.

Question 6

Target

Answer 6

Root cause: relied on the controls of someone else if theirs failed, no one considered stacked risks, security controls out of date.

Question 7

SONY

Answer 7

Worm - Polymorphic
Root Cause: unprepared for an attack this large, political hacker, large number of gaps in their defense layers, anti-malware out of date, no classification of info,
no single point of accountability.

Question 8

Wannaby

Answer 8

They took no action to increase firewall security, zero change management process