The author explores the potential legal and technical risks inherent in attempts to implement digital protection, considering how liability might arise for those who have fiduciary responsibility for sensitive information assets, including the emerging trend toward imposing liability where digital protections are severely deficient or digital security has been breached.
Index Terms:
data security, legal accountability, data integrity, corporate responsibility
Citation:
Roland L. Trope, "Directors' Digital Fiduciary Duties," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 78-82, Jan. 2005, doi:10.1109/MSP.2005.11