TY - GEN
T1 - Conceptualizing human resilience in the face of the global epidemiology of cyber attacks
AU - Jean Camp, L.
AU - Grobler, Marthie
AU - Jang-Jaccard, Julian
AU - Probst, Christian
AU - Renaud, Karen
AU - Watters, Paul
N1 - Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Computer security is a complex global phenomenon where different populations interact, and the infection of one person creates risk for another. Given the dynamics and scope of cyber campaigns, studies of local resilience without reference to global populations are inadequate. In this paper, we describe a set of minimal requirements for implementing a global epidemiological infrastructure to understand and respond to large-scale computer security outbreaks. We enumerate the relevant dimensions, the applicable measurement tools, and define a systematic approach to evaluate cyber security resilience. From the experience in conceptualizing and designing a cross-national coordinated phishing resilience evaluation, we describe the cultural, logistic, and regulatory challenges to this proposed public health approach to global computer assault resilience. We conclude that mechanisms for systematic evaluations of global attacks and the resilience against those attacks exist. Coordinated global science is needed to address organised global ecrime.
AB - Computer security is a complex global phenomenon where different populations interact, and the infection of one person creates risk for another. Given the dynamics and scope of cyber campaigns, studies of local resilience without reference to global populations are inadequate. In this paper, we describe a set of minimal requirements for implementing a global epidemiological infrastructure to understand and respond to large-scale computer security outbreaks. We enumerate the relevant dimensions, the applicable measurement tools, and define a systematic approach to evaluate cyber security resilience. From the experience in conceptualizing and designing a cross-national coordinated phishing resilience evaluation, we describe the cultural, logistic, and regulatory challenges to this proposed public health approach to global computer assault resilience. We conclude that mechanisms for systematic evaluations of global attacks and the resilience against those attacks exist. Coordinated global science is needed to address organised global ecrime.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85089003106
U2 - 10.24251/HICSS.2019.574
DO - 10.24251/HICSS.2019.574
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85089003106
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 4763
EP - 4772
BT - Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
A2 - Bui, Tung X.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
CY - Honolulu
T2 - 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019
Y2 - 8 January 2019 through 11 January 2019
ER -