This book is primarily created for the objective of knowledge sharing and knowledge-enabling on the conceptual ideologies of the cybersecurity. This book is aimed at students, early-career researchers, and also advanced researchers and professionals. The case studies described i…
Until recently, if it has been considered at all in the context of business continuity, cybersecurity may have been thought of in terms of disaster recovery and little else. Recent events have shown that cyberattacks are now an everyday occurrence, and it is becoming clear that …
A multidisciplinary book that takes internet governance research as a research subject in its own right, discussing methods and conceptual approaches. The design and governance of the internet has become one of the most pressing geopolitical issues of our era. The stability of t…
A former top-level national Security Agency insider evaluates pressing threats in digital security, revealing how operatives from hostile nations have infiltrated power, banking, and military systems to steal information and sabotage defense mechanisms.
Looting valuable artifacts in wartime is a practice as old as warfare itself. Historical examples of this are still visible today, from Trajan’s Column in Rome to recently rediscovered art seized by the Nazi Party during World War II. Historically significant sites are often tre…
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the appearance of North Korea and Iran as significant cyber threats to the United States, in addition to China and Russia. This paper presented key findings and studies that showed the timeline of significant events through the history o…
For centuries the pursuit of competing political objectives has led to military conflict. Prussian military theorist Major-General Carl von Clausewitz wrote, “War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.” History has shown that the ability to affect an adversa…
Many industrial control systems are vital components of modern life, and have proven vulnerable to some computer-based attacks. Because of this, professionals seek to ensure their continued service by exploring methods of defense and incident response. Applying computer forensic…
The Deep Web is an area of the web that contains unstructured data where entrance may be gained through either through TOR or other anonymizers. Law enforcement is attempting to meet the challenge; however, due to lack of trained professionals, criminals are performing criminal …
With the spread of the Internet and the technology, Cyberspace has become the life of everyone, which requires them to be aware of the threats of it. Also, to be prepared with the speed of the technology, whether electronic payment, social life, leisure work IOT، and everything.…
The purpose of this research was to analyze the Iranian computer network operations (CNO) threat to U.S. critical infrastructures and to recommend defensive measures to mitigate those threats. Research revealed organizations across U.S. critical infrastructure sectors were gener…
In just over two years, the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) established itself as a global threat unlike any Islamic extremist group that preceded it. ISIS has adopted unprecedented tactics in order to establish, maintain, and develop its ideologies and to create an Islam…
This thesis entails the design and implementation of a user-interactive Password Encryption and Creation Wizard. The Password Encryption and Creation Wizard creates a new 16-character password after prompting the user to enter his or her name (first or last name), date of birth …
Addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities is an essential component in thwarting cyber-attacks. Failure to apply patches and resolve vulnerabilities has contributed to many high-profile breaches and loss of profits. To mitigate this problem, current cybersecurity standards advoca…
This study marks the first attempt in Western scholarship to analyze the evolution of Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist groups’ and the Islamic State’s online branding in the Russian Federation, trying to explain how radicals’ sporadic activities have been transformed into recogniza…
Big data is considered to play an important role in the fourth industrial revolution, which requires engineers and computers to fully utilize data to make smart decisions and improve the performance of industrial processes and of their control and safety systems. Traditionally, …
What factors affect the organization and efficacy of national cyber-defense efforts? In The Mice that Roar: What Small Countries Can Teach Great Powers About National Cyber-Defense, I argue that an important piece of the answer lies within the history and institutions of an ofte…
The First Amendment to the Constitution certifies that all citizens have the right to practice their religion of choice, the ability to candidly challenge the government, and provided a means of accountability to the people through the media. The Fourth Amendment grants citizens…
