Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's cyber victim notification process / / U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910713078503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, , 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ii, 48 pages) : illustrations
• Soggetti: Management audit; Cyberterrorism - United States - Prevention - Evaluation; Computer networks - Security measures - United States; National security - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Audit Division 19-23."; "March 2019."; " ... we examined the FBI's adherence to Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, and the FBI Cyber Division Policy Guide 0853pg as well as other related policies." -- Executive summary.; "The FBI established Cyber Guardian for tracking the production, dissemination, and disposition of cyber-victim notifications which can help victims mitigate the damage caused by cyber intrusions and increase the potential for intelligence collection by the FBI. However, we found that the data in Cyber Guardian was incomplete and unreliable, making the FBI unable to determine whether all victims are being notified. The quality of formal requests for investigative actions, called leads, set for victim notification was inconsistent. In addition, not all agents indexed victims within Sentinel, as required. Together, the inconsistent leads and indexing contributed to some notifications not being tracked property or taking place too long after the attack for the victim to effectively mitigate the threat to its system. Further, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- a partner in using Cyber Guardian --was not entering information into the system as required, contributing to the incompleteness of data in Cyber Guardian. We also ; found that victims identified in national security cyber cases were not informed of their rights as required by the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance (AG Guidelines). The FBI plans to replace Cyber Guardian in fiscal year (FY) 2019 with CyNERGY, a new system which may solve some, but not all data quality issues." -- Executive summary.; Report includes FBI's response to draft audit report.

Consciousness : confessions of a romantic reductionist / / Christof Koch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964087703321
• Autore: Koch Christof <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Massachusetts, : MIT Press, ©2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 9786613594402; 9780262301039; 0262301032; 9781280499173; 1280499176; 9780262301787; 0262301784
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Classificazione: SCI089000SCI090000
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetti: Neurosciences - History - 20th century; Neurosciences - History - 21st century; Neuroscientists; Consciousness; Mind and body; Free will and determinism; Life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: In which I introduce the ancient mind-body problem, explain why I am on a quest to use reason and empirical inquiry to solve it, acquaint you with Francis Crick, explain how he relates to this quest, make a confession, and end on a sad note -- In which I write about the wellsprings of my inner conflict between religion and reason, why I grew up wanting to be a scientist, why I wear a lapel pin of Professor Calculus, and how I acquired a second mentor late in life -- In which I explain why consciousness challenges the scientific view of the world, how consciousness can be investigated empirically with both feet firmly planted on the ground, why animals share consciousness with humans, and why self-consciousness is not as important as many people think it is -- In which you hear tales of scientist-magicians that make you look but not see, how they track the footprints of consciousness by peering into your skull, why you don't see with your eyes, and why attention and consciousness are not the same -- In which you learn from neurologists and neurosurgeons that some neurons care a great deal about celebrities, that cutting the cerebral cortex in two does not reduce consciousness by half, that color is leached from the world by the loss of a small cortical region, and that the destruction of a sugar cube-sized chunk of brain stem or thalamic tissue leaves you undead -- In which I defend two propositions that my younger self found nonsense--you are unaware of most of the things that go on in your head, and zombie agents control much of your life, even though you confidently believe that you are in charge -- In which I throw caution to the wind, bring up free will, Der ring des Nibelungen, and what physics says about determinism, explain the impoverished ability of your mind to choose, show that your will lags behind your brain's decision, and that freedom is just another word for feeling -- In which I argue that consciousness is a fundamental property of complex things, rhapsodize about integrated information theory, how it explains many puzzling facts about consciousness and provides a blueprint for building sentient machines -- In which I outline an electromagnetic gadget to measure consciousness, describe efforts to harness the power of genetic engineering to track consciousness in mice, and find myself building cortical observatories -- In which I muse about final matters considered off-limits to polite scientific discourse: to wit, the relationship between science and religion, the existence of God, whether this God can intervene in the universe, the death of my mentor, and my recent tribulations.
• Sommario/riassunto: "What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell to bioelectrical activity in the brain? How can anything physical give rise to nonphysical, subjective, conscious states? Christof Koch has devoted much of his career to bridging the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the physics of the brain and phenomenal experience. This engaging book--part scientific overview, part memoir, part futurist speculation--describes Koch's search for an empirical explanation for consciousness. Koch recounts not only the birth of the modern science of consciousness but also the subterranean motivation for his quest--his instinctual (if 'romantic') belief that life is meaningful. Koch describes his own groundbreaking work with Francis Crick in the 1990s and 2000s and the gradual emergence of consciousness (once considered a 'fringy' subject) as a legitimate topic for scientific investigation. Present at this paradigm shift were Koch and a handful of colleagues, including Ned Block, David Chalmers, Stanislas Dehaene, Giulio Tononi, Wolf Singer, and others. Aiding and abetting it were new techniques to listen in on the activity of individual nerve cells, clinical studies, and brain-imaging technologies that allowed safe and noninvasive study of the human brain in action. Koch gives us stories ; from the front lines of modern research into the neurobiology of consciousness as well as his own reflections on a variety of topics, including the distinction between attention and awareness, the unconscious, how neurons respond to Homer Simpson, the physics and biology of free will, dogs, Der Ring des Nibelungen, sentient machines, the loss of his belief in a personal God, and sadness. All of them are signposts in the pursuit of his life's work--to uncover the roots of consciousness."--Jacket.

Nano-bioelectronics for Precision Health Monitoring / / edited by Kuldeep Mahato, Pranjal Chandra

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911035163203321
• Autore: Mahato Kuldeep
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025
• ISBN: 981-9521-17-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2025.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (544 pages)
• Collana: Biomedical and Life Sciences Series
• Altri autori (Persone): ChandraPranjal
• Disciplina: 660.6
• Soggetti: Biotechnology; Nanobiotechnology; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Medicine - Research; Biology - Research; Biomedical engineering; Medicine; Nanoscale Devices; Biomedical Research; Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation; Clinical Medicine
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Precision health monitoring and wellness tracking: Fundamentals and principles -- 2. Introduction to nano-bioelectronics for precision ; health monitoring -- 3. Fundamentals of Biomarkers and Biosensors for Precision Healthcare -- 4. Molecular, Physiological, and Digital Biomarkers in Precision Healthcare -- 5. Exploring novel healthcare monitoring modalities: wearable, ingestible, and implantable biosensors -- 6. Electrochemical biosensors for therapeutic drug monitoring: Next generation of disease management -- 7. Biosensors for Cardiovascular health monitoring -- 8. Next-Generation Bioelectronic Devices for Diabetes: Monitoring, Management, and Precision Healthcare -- 9. Nano-bioelectronics for neurodegenerative disease monitoring and management -- 10. Multimodal Sensing Arrays for Comprehensive Health Monitoring and Disease Management -- 11. Smart skin and beyond: Unlocking the full potential of wearable health sensors -- 12. Integrated Bioelectronics for Precision Health Monitoring.
• Sommario/riassunto: This Book offers a scholarly and in-depth exploration of the emerging field that brings together nanotechnology, biosensing, and electronic systems to support the growing vision of personalized and precision healthcare. As modern medicine moves away from generalized treatment approaches toward individualized, data-driven care, this book highlights the critical role of nano-bioelectronics in enabling real-time monitoring, early disease detection, and tailored clinician interventions for managing chronic diseases. In this book, readers will find detailed discussions on the design and application of wearable, implantable, and ingestible biosensors capable of continuously tracking a wide range of physiological and biochemical signals. Covering both theoretical foundations and applied innovations, the book addresses key areas such as cardiovascular health, diabetes management, neurodegenerative disease monitoring, and therapeutic drug tracking. Core topics include the science of biomarkers, sensor miniaturization, materials for bio-interfaces, and strategies for enhancing sensitivity, selectivity, and long-term stability of biosensors. This volume also presents advanced developments in multimodal sensing platforms, flexible and skin-conformable electronics, and the integration of biosensing systems with wireless communication, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning for automated health analytics. These technologies offer the potential to redefine health monitoring from hospital-centric models to continuous, patient-centric solutions. Written for researchers, biomedical engineers, clinicians, and health technology developers, this book serves as both a foundational reference and a forward-looking guide. Readers will find not only comprehensive insights into current technologies but also a vision for future innovations that aim to make precision health a practical and impactful reality.