CyberWar, CyberTerror, CyberCrime: A Guide to the Role of Standards in an Environment of Change and Danger

Chapter 4. Transition from an Environment of ‘FUD’^[37] to a Standards-Based Environment

Thus far, this text has centred on establishing a picture of a cyber threat environment with elements of cyberwar, cyberterror, and cybercrime. Clearly, cybersecurity is emerging as an increasingly critical counter to this boundary-less threat for each nation or organization around the globe. At the same time, creating a successful cyberdefence has become increasingly more complex. Cybersecurity based solely on exclusion or isolation is no longer possible in a world where demand for services and access to information services is ever increasing. Organizations must practice cybersecurity by inclusion, allowing customers, citizens, employees, and business partners ...