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The Digital Big Bang
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The Digital Big Bang

by Phil Quade
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
8h 16m
English
Wiley
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SECTION 1BINDING STRATEGIES:THE CORE OF CYBERSECURITY

Diagrammatic representation of a rocket and a connector, which symbolizes the core of cybersecurity, that is, speed and connectivity.

The central parallel between the cosmic big bang and the digital big bang rests in their origins. The cosmic big bang unleashed the two central forces of matter and energy, inexorably connecting them in a way that has shaped and driven our entire existence. The invention of the Internet harnessed technological innovation to weld speed and connectivity—the central forces of the digital big bang equivalent to matter and energy—as a means of communication so powerful it has the potential to change the future of the human race.

Because speed and connectivity are the two primary elements of the Internet, harnessing their strengths and managing their risks must be the primary elements of any effective security strategy.

But too often cybersecurity is at odds with speed and connectivity.

THE NEED FOR SPEED

The Internet created a game-changing means to increase the velocity of information and the speed at which business can be done—to send data faster, accelerating the rate at which we can connect and communicate with others. Remember the days of sending data on disks through the mail? From those early academic uses, that connection has grown. Now the connection includes large-scale business and personal interests, contains our most sensitive health and financial information, and falls within the private and public sectors. ...

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