When a company suffers a cybersecurity breach, the consequences often reach far beyond its own firewall. The article The Role of Internal Controls in Reducing Cybersecurity Contagion Effects by Kelton and Yang (2024) reveals that even nonbreached firms in the same industry, so-called „bystander firms“, can suffer significant stock market losses following a peer’s cyber […]
Cybersecurity Contagion: Why Strong Internal Controls Matter for Nonbreached Firms
