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Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Recommendations to Adapt Cyber Security Governance and Skills in South Africa

Abstract:

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is unfolding in the society around us, gaps and opportunities are revealed in terms of cyber security governance and policy responses. Therefore, within this article, the shortcomings of cyber security implementation in South Africa are identified and recommendations are made in terms of cyber security governance, policy, education, and awareness. In terms of governance, the maturity of South Africa’s implementation systems is analyzed using the international metric systems.

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Volume 21, Issue 1

Friend or Faux: Deception for Cyber Defense

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Defensive deception provides promise in rebalancing the asymmetry of cybersecurity. It makes an attacker’s job harder because it does more than just block access; it impacts the decision making causing him or her to waste time and effort as well as expose his or her presence in the network. Pilot studies conducted by NSA research demonstrated the plausibility and necessity for metrics of success including difficulty attacking the system, behavioral changes caused, cognitive and emotional reactions aroused, and attacker strategy changes due to deception. Designing reliable and valid measures of effectiveness is a worthy (though often overlooked) goal for industry and government alike.

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Volume 16, Issue 2

What Are the Metrics of Cyber Warfare? How Does One Measure Success?

ABSTRACT

This paper continues the process of laying the groundwork for a new comprehensive academic theory on Cyber Macht (Cyber Power). In this particular paper, the authors focus on trying to determine the metrics of cyber operations; in other words, how does one measure success? The ability to measure and validate success is always a crucial metric in the performance of a task; and in this case, the conduct of IO campaigns is no different.

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Volume 14, Issue 4

Cyber Maturity as Measured by Scientific-Based Risk Metrics

ABSTRACT

One of the major challenges of information warfare is how to effectively combat existing and future cyber threats and vulnerabilities. In this paper, a quantifiable and rigorous approach for entities (governments, organizations, etc.) is proposed to better assess their ‘cyber maturity’ level. The authors also propose to examine the reliability and security of networks in terms of scientific-based risk metrics. The risk metrics are built upon (1) a ‘modified’ CVSS Base Score using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and (2) the foundation of repeatable quantitative characteristics (‘for example’ vulnerabilities). A case study is examined which highlights the resulting benefits and challenges.

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Volume 14, Issue 3

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