Silman Jon. Plugged In: Cybersecurity in the Modern Age

Gatorbytes, 2017. — 74 p. — (Gatorbytes). — ISBN10: 1942852134, 13 978-1942852131.Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our increasingly interconnected and networked lives. Recent estimates predict that worldwide the number of connected devices-everything from computers and mobile phones to traffic cameras and pacemakers-will reach 50 billion by 2050. That number is staggering and so are the vulnerabilities.
Networked devices like smart thermostats and TVs need to be easily accessible, but they also need to be secure. The more access points a device like a self-driving car has, the more susceptible points adversaries-cyberterrorists or hackers-can attack. Yet device manufacturers mostly favor usability, and security is all too often sacrificed.
Inside...
What Is Cybersecurity?
The Institute and the Preeminence Initiative,
The Internet of Things,
Juan Gilbert and His Voting Machine,
How Does a Network Work?
Servers and Their Relationship to Cybersecurity,
The Cloud and the Myth of Storage in the Sky,
Kevin Butler and the Importance of Data Provenance,
The Operating System,
Michael Fang on Wireless Security,
The Proliferation of the Hacker,
What Exactly Is Malware?
Joseph Wilson on Hacking and Malware,
Who Are the Adversaries?
Mark Tehranipoor and Chip Security,
The Specific Challenges of Mobile Security,
Patrick Traynor and Mobile Security,
A Look at Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks,
Daniela Oliveira on Social Engineering,
Internet Censorship and the Tools to Fight It,
Tom Shrimpton and the Science of Modern Cryptography,
Swarup Bhunia and the Security of Integrated Circuits,
Prabhat Mishra and System Validation,
Domenic Forte and His Hardware Security Research,
Staying Safe Online: What You Can Do.