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Stuart Madnick is the John Norris Maguire (1960) Professor of Information Technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Affiliate Faculty member at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS); and the Founding Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan: the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.
Madnick’s involvement in cybersecurity research goes back to 1979, when he coauthored the book Computer Security. Currently, he heads the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan Initiative, formerly called the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, aka (IC)3.
Madnick holds a PhD in computer science from MIT and has been an MIT faculty member since 1972. He served as the head of MIT's Information Technology Group in the Sloan School of Management for more than 20 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 300 books, articles, and reports. Besides cybersecurity, his other research interests include Big Data, semantic connectivity, database technology, software project management, and the strategic use of information technology.
Madnick has served as a consultant to major corporations and has been the cofounder of five high-tech firms. He currently operates the 14th-century Langley Castle Hotel in England.
Honors
Madnick wins Editorial 2022 Best Paper Award
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Featured Publication
"How Companies Can Create a Cybersafe Culture at Work."Madnick, Stuart. Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2018.
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"Preparing for the Cyberattack that will Knock Out U.S. Power Grids."Madnick, Stuart. Harvard Business Review, May 10, 2017.
"Catastrophe Bond Trading Can Boost Security Improving Cyber (Re-)Insurance Markets."
Ranjan Pal, Stuart Madnick, and Michael Siegel. In Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, Panama: August 2023.
"Convergence and Divergence of Regulatory Compliance and Cybersecurity."
Marotta, Angelica and Stuart Madnick. Issues in Information Systems Vol. 22, No. 1 (2021): 10-50.
"Applying the Lessons from the Equifax Cybersecurity Incident to Build a Better Defense."
Kabanov, Ilya, and Stuart Madnick. MIS Quarterly Executive Vol. 20, No. 2 (2021): 1-17.
"The Next Global Financial Crisis Could be Caused by Efforts to Prevent the Cyberattack."
Keman Huang and Stuart Madnick. In Proceedings of the 19th Workshop on e-Business: The Role of e-Business during the Time of Grand Challenges, New York, NY: June 2021.
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"In many cases, companies fall victim to these attacks because they aren’t aware of the risks that they are taking."
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"The only thing really keeping bad things from happening is there is not sufficient motivation."
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Harvard Business Review
Why data breaches spiked in 2023
"Data breaches continue to increase year-on-year. Globally, there were twice the number of victims in 2023 compared to 2022."
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2024 CIO Symposium
The 2024 CIO Symposium will look at the challenges CIOs face in the current digital landscape, emphasizing the need for strategic navigation.
Executive Education
Executive Education Course
Cybersecurity Governance for the Board of Directors
This provides a holistic, enterprise approach to cybersecurity and data privacy. Course faculty are colleagues at Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) research consortium, the only research group in the world that focuses entirely on the managerial side of cybersecurity. Topics covered include governance, protection and response, law and regulations, security strategy and culture.
- Nov 28-30, 2023
- Mar 19-21, 2024
- Dec 9-11, 2024
- Mar 20-22, 2024
Executive Education Course
Cybersecurity for Managers
Minimizing cybercrime damage and disruption is not just the responsibility of the IT department; it’s every employee's job. There are managerial, strategic, and financial considerations in becoming cybersecure. This new online program helps you create a playbook with actionable next steps towards creating a more cyber-aware culture.
- Oct 19-Dec 7, 2023
- Feb 7-Mar 27, 2024
- Apr 18-Jun 6, 2024
- Jun 27-Aug 15, 2024