Over the past two decades, computer abuse has become increasingly financially motivated. In this webcast, Nicolas Christin, Assistant Research Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses some of the main features of today's online crime ecosystem - and how it affects the day to day jobs of security professionals. You will learn about:

• How the online crime ecosystem consists of a decentralized set of actors performing different, specialized tasks
• How the high degree of commoditization present in the ecosystem lowers the barriers of entry for aspiring criminals
• Why understanding economic incentives is vital to understanding and disrupting online crime
• What security can do to disrupt online crime and protect their organizations

Speaker: Nicolas Christin, Assistant Research Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University