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At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy - Some Basic Concepts and Issues (Paperback)
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At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy - Some Basic Concepts and Issues (Paperback)
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We depend on information and information technology (IT) to make
many of our day-to-day tasks easier and more convenient. Computers
play key roles in transportation, health care, banking, and energy.
Businesses use IT for payroll and accounting, inventory and sales,
and research and development. Modern military forces use weapons
that are increasingly coordinated through computer-based networks.
Cybersecurity is vital to protecting all of these functions.
Cyberspace is vulnerable to a broad spectrum of hackers, criminals,
terrorists, and state actors. Working in cyberspace, these
malevolent actors can steal money, intellectual property, or
classified information; impersonate law-abiding parties for their
own purposes; damage important data; or deny the availability of
normally accessible services. Cybersecurity issues arise because of
three factors taken together - the presence of malevolent actors in
cyberspace, societal reliance on IT for many important functions,
and the presence of vulnerabilities in IT systems. What steps can
policy makers take to protect our government, businesses, and the
public from those would take advantage of system vulnerabilities?
At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy offers a wealth of
information on practical measures, technical and nontechnical
challenges, and potential policy responses. According to this
report, cybersecurity is a never-ending battle; threats will evolve
as adversaries adopt new tools and techniques to compromise
security. Cybersecurity is therefore an ongoing process that needs
to evolve as new threats are identified. At the Nexus of
Cybersecurity and Public Policy is a call for action to make
cybersecurity a public safety priority. For a number of years, the
cybersecurity issue has received increasing public attention;
however, most policy focus has been on the short-term costs of
improving systems. In its explanation of the fundamentals of
cybersecurity and the discussion of potential policy responses,
this book will be a resource for policy makers, cybersecurity and
IT professionals, and anyone who wants to understand threats to
cyberspace. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Why Care About
Cybersecurity? 2 Some Basics of Computing and Communications
Technology and Their Significance for Cybersecurity 3 On the Nature
of Cybersecurity 4 Enhancing Cybersecurity 5 Tensions Between
Cybersecurity and Other Public Policy Concerns 6 Findings and
Conclusion Appendixes Appendix A: Committee Members and Staff
Appendix B: Bibliography
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