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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795920603321

Titolo

At the nexus of cybersecurity and public policy : some basic concepts and issues / / David Clark, Thomas Berson, and Herbert S. Lin, editors ; Committee on Developing a Cybersecurity Primer: Leveraging Two Decades of National Academies Work, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council of the Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-309-30321-4

0-309-30319-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

005.80973

Soggetti

Computer security - United States

Computer networks - Security measures - Government policy

Computer crimes - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""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""

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--