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In the context of your course about foundational concepts of computer science, these notes about cybersecurity are an attempt to introduce some highlights that may be integrated into the rest of your computer science curriculum.
[網絡安全, الأمن السيبراني, Onlinesicherheit, साइबर सुरक्षा, sicurezza informatica, 사이버 보안, keselamatan siber, Cybersecurity, د سایبرسنیت, кибер-безопасности, shabakada internetka, சைபர்], an ninh mạng, ukuphepha kwe-cyber]
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Cybersecurity is associated with our global connectivity.
Cybersecurity aids in the
safe-enough use of internet-connected systems,
including people, processes, hardware, software and data,
in the face of cyberattack.
Hostile actors try to exploit weaknesses in organization's infrastructure and operations.
Cybersecurity is a quality that resists negative outcomes associated with active and/or passive attacks and attackers.
Traditional quality assurance practices generally do not address many relevant hostile behaviors.
Cybersecurity is about managing software, hardware, and operations vulnerabilities,
resisting, detecting & responding to attacks,
remaining resilient under attack, and
maintaining processes that deliver desired capabilities, as well as
effectively communicating current posture to all those who need to know.
This is different than "security technology" (like a firewall, or antivirus, or some crypto protocol). A security feature can be one way to tackle a given cybersecurity risk in technology & operations, but security technology is materially insufficient in our interconnected world.
Security is one of the qualities of our technology-enabled world today -- one of many essential qualities.
Attackers attack.
All facets of every system are candidates for attack -- with special attention to weaknesses.
Cybersecurity qualities resist active and passive attackers.
Use these two resources to frame a quick discussion about the breadth of this topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_security
Effective cybersecurity is bound up in a complex technical, social, ethical, and legal ecosystem.
- Our customers rely on it.
- Our shareholders expect it.
- Regulators demand it.
- Rating agencies look for it.
- In some contexts,
- Individual health and safety depend upon it.
- Societal cohesion is supported by it.
- Science & technological evolution depend upon it.
- The administration and enforcement of laws...
- Democracy itself...