Thanks Jillian Kwong, Research Scientist at Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS), for joining us today as we discuss Jillian's work in cybersecurity third party risk management and more.

Jillian has a PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, where her dissertation looked at the human and managerial side of data privacy (e.g. GDPR, CCPA) implementation within mostly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). She's also a participant in the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) mentorship pilot programme. 

Cybersecurity is a metrics-driven field; "soft" factors like management style, or how humans process information, are a major challenges for less mature, smaller enterprises.  This is more and more the case as regulatory and good practices requirements drive firms to understand their supply chain risk.  How can smaller organisations live up to these expectations?  

Even when a tremendous wealth of information and resources are available to help such firms, doing the right thing can be a daunting, difficult process.

Jillian has significant experience in understanding the day-to-day challenges of small business and their management through interviews and case studies as a complementary approach to more objective, quantifiable cybersecurity. 

This has allowed her to document the interconnected, complex nature of cybersecurity activities in SMEs.

Visit Jillian on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jilliankwong

Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan:  https://cams.mit.edu

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