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At the nexus of cybersecurity and public policy : some basic concepts and issues / David Clark, Thomas Berson, and Herbert S. Lin, editors ; Committee on Developing a Cybersecurity Primer: Leveraging Two Decades of National Academies Work, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council of the Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer security--United States.
- Computer security.
- Computer networks--Security measures--Government policy.
- Computer networks.
- Computer crimes--Prevention.
- Computer crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "According to this report, cybersecurity is a never-ending battle; threats will evolve as adversaries adopt new tools and techniques to compromise security. Cybersecurity is therefore an ongoing process that needs to evolve as new threats are identified. At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy is a call for action to make cybersecurity a public safety priority. For a number of years, the cybersecurity issue has received increasing public attention; however, most policy focus has been on the short-term costs of improving systems. In its explanation of the fundamentals of cybersecurity and the discussion of potential policy responses."-- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Why Care About Cybersecurity?""; ""2 Some Basics of Computing and Communications Technology and Their Significance for Cybersecurity""; ""3 On the Nature of Cybersecurity""; ""4 Enhancing Cybersecurity""; ""5 Tensions Between Cybersecurity and Other Public Policy Concerns""; ""6 Findings and Conclusion""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Members and Staff""; ""Appendix B: Bibliography""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-30321-4
- 0-309-30319-2
- OCLC:
- 884590411
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