Resilient & Safe Cyberspace
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June 25, 2020
This opinion paper highlights about Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism and outline their different types, motivation and countermeasures. The article concludes with the key findings from the literature and suggests avenues for future research efforts.
February 16, 2020
This policy brief highlights the importance of cyber threats prediction as a promising approach to improve the cybersecurity posture. It also provides recommendations for policymakers at the organizational, national, and international levels that contribute to building cyber threat prediction capabilities, and thus improving the cyber resiliency of organizations.
September 7, 2019
The upsurge of cyber warfare has ushered voluminous research to its characterization and conduct. Although this research is critical, it is imbued with significant gaps in the knowledge, especially pertaining to the restoration of peace and security in the aftermath. In this article, we introduce the concept of cyber peacekeeping with emphasis on protecting civilians and restoring peace post cyber warfare. This work outlines why cyber peacekeeping is essential, the opportunities and challenges it presents, and provide pointers to significantly related research articles. The article concludes with some of the key findings from the literature and suggests avenues for future research efforts.
March 27, 2019
In the present era, organizations use social media to reach out to their customers, improve brand visibility, and elevate sales. However, this also exposes the organizations to a plethora of cybersecurity risks such as social account manipulation, social engineering, and reputation attacks. This policy brief identifies the inadequacies of contemporary policies, standards, and guidelines related to social media security, and provides recommendations for policymakers at the organizational, national, and international levels that contribute to building a healthy social media ecosystem, and thus improving the global cyber resiliency.