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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityMaritime Cyber-Kinetic

      Defeating 21st Century Pirates: the Maritime Cyberattacks

      The maritime industry faces a not-so-distant future when ships will be completely autonomous, using navigation data that they receive to plot their own courses with only minimal input from shoreside control centers. The efficiencies this could bring are massive, but before this happens, cybersecurity issues must be addressed. Not only are many vessels configured in ways that invite cyberattacks, but security practices also need to…

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    • 5G SecurityRegulation IoT 5G Cybersecurity

      Regulating the Security of the Internet of Things (IoT) in a 5G World

      In one of those strange inversions of reason, The Internet of Things (IoT) arguably began before the Internet itself. In 1980, a thirsty graduate in Carnegie Mellon University’s computer science department, David Nichols, eventually grew tired of hiking to the local Coca Cola vending machine only to find it empty or stocked entirely with warm cola. So, Nichols connected the machine to a network and…

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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityTangible threat of cyber kinetic attacks

      Tangible Threat of Cyber-Kinetic Attacks

      Connecting physical objects and processes to the cyber world offers us capabilities that exponentially exceed the expectations of science fiction writers and futurists of past generations. But it also introduces disquieting possibilities. Those possibilities reach beyond cyberspace to threaten the physical world in which we live and – potentially – our own physical well-being. That’s the threat of cyber-kinetic attacks. Our physical world is becoming…

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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityStuxnet Cyber-Physical Weapon

      Stuxnet and the Birth of Cyber-Kinetic Weapons

      Stuxnet was the first true cyber-kinetic weapon, designed to cripple the Iranian – and perhaps also the North Korean – nuclear weapon programs. It succeeded in slowing the Iranian program, although it was discovered before it could deal the program a fatal blow. Its significance goes far beyond what it did. It marks a clear turning point in the military history and cybersecurity. Its developers…

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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityMaritime Cybersecurity

      Navigating a Safe Course Through Maritime Cyberattacks

      The open seas have long attracted those who yearned for adventure. The risk of pitting oneself against a vast and unforgiving sea has tested sailors’ mettle for millennia. It’s not surprising that the maritime industry is one that thrives on facing – and overcoming – risks. But, as technology increasingly dominates it, growing risks exist that the industry dare not ignore. Its growing effort to…

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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityCyber-Kinetic Threat

      Our Smart Future and the Threat of Cyber-Kinetic Attacks

      A growing number of today’s entertainment options show protagonists battling cyber-attacks that target the systems at the heart of our critical infrastructure whose failure would cripple modern society. It’s easy to watch such shows and pass off their plots as something that could never happen. The chilling reality is that those plots are often based on real cyber-kinetic threats that either have already happened, are…

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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityCyber-Kinetic Attacks History

      History of Cyber-Kinetic Incidents and Research

      The fact that cyber-kinetic attacks rarely appear on mainstream news doesn’t mean they don’t happen. They happen more frequently than you would think. Many, for various reasons, aren’t even reported to agencies charged with combatting them. This hinders security experts in understanding the full scope and recognizing the trends in this growing problem. We’ll highlight examples of cyber-kinetic incidents and attacks in this chapter. Some…

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    • Cyber-Kinetic SecurityChinese cybercrime

      Cybercrime in China – a Growing Threat for the Chinese Economy

      Western publications often picture the People’s Democratic Republic of China (hereafter China) as the world’s chief propagator of cyberattacks. But the picture is much more complex than such broad-brush claims suggest. Few Westerners realize that China and its neighbours in the Greater China region (Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong) have, over last few years, became the most technologically advanced region in the world – ahead…

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