Academic Articles & Research Papers

Machine learning in cybersecurity: a comprehensive survey

Today’s world is highly network interconnected owing to the pervasiveness of small personal devices (e.g., smartphones) as well as large computing devices or services (e.g., cloud computing or online banking), and thereby each passing minut...

Organizational science and cybersecurity: abundant opportunities for research at the interface

Cybersecurity is an ever-present problem for organizations, but organizational science has barely begun to enter the arena of cybersecurity research. As a result, the "human factor" in cybersecurity research is much less studied than its te...

A review of generative adversarial networks and its application in cybersecurity

Graph Mining for Cybersecurity: A Survey

The explosive growth of cyber attacks today, such as malware, spam, and intrusions, has caused severe consequences on society. Securing cyberspace has become a great concern for organizations and governments. Traditional machine learning ba...

Anomaly Detection for Cybersecurity of the Substations

Cybersecurity of the substations in a power system is a major issue as the substations become increasingly dependent on computer and communication networks. This paper is concerned with anomaly detection in the computer network environment ...

Enhancing relationships between criminology and cybersecurity

‘Cybercrime’ is an umbrella concept used by criminologists to refer to traditional crimes that are enhanced via the use of networked technologies (i.e. cyber-enabled crimes) and newer forms of crime that would not exist without networked te...

Cybersecurity

In Chapter 9, we argue that cybersecurity professionals embody the ideal of the careful, systematic upgrading that Move Slow and Upgrade has been advocating for. Unlike the flashy innovations that we’ve criticized in earlier chapters, cyber...

Cybersecurity

This book is designed to provide the reader with the fundamental concepts of cybersecurity and cybercrime in an easy to understand, “self-teaching” format. It introduces all of the major subjects related to cybersecurity, including data sec...

Introduction to Computer Networks and Cybersecurity

If a network is not secure, how valuable is it? Introduction to Computer Networks and Cybersecurity takes an integrated approach to networking and cybersecurity, highlighting the interconnections so that you quickly understand the complex d...

Cybersecurity

In an increasingly digital business landscape, cybersecurity has evolved from a technical concern to a strategic imperative. As organisations shift operations online, the complexities and potential consequences of cyber threats have grown e...

Cybersecurity

This chapter considers the concept of cybersecurity, different approaches to defining this concept, contents included in different definitions, its referent objects as well as actors in this domain. It is based upon the central research que...

Cybersecurity

Aggressors and organized crimes have launched serious cybersecurity attacks, and ill-prepared public and private organizations have suffered dearly. People are the most vulnerable element in cybersecurity, and thus continuous efforts should...

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity encompasses the protection of networks, computers, software, and data from unauthorized access, damage, or misuse. In academic institutions, cybersecurity is particularly critical due to the growing volume of sensitive informa...

Cybersecurity

This chapter begins with cybersecurity features. It covers various forms of cyber threats: cyberattacks, cyberterrorism, and cyberbullying. The chapter addresses cybersecurity governance and the trade-offs between cybersecurity and freedom....

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity has evolved over the years to become a critical component for businesses and individuals alike. As malicious actors have grown in numbers and continued to change their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), the cybersecur...

Knowledge in the grey zone: AI and cybersecurity

Abstract Cybersecurity protects citizens and society from harm perpetrated through computer networks. Its task is made ever more complex by the diversity of actors—criminals, spies, militaries, hacktivists, firms—operating in global informa...

Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)

This publication from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) describes the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework), a fundamental reference for describing and sharing information about cybersecurity work. ...

Vulnerability Assessment of Cybersecurity for SCADA Systems

Vulnerability assessment is a requirement of NERC's cybersecurity standards for electric power systems. The purpose is to study the impact of a cyber attack on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Compliance of the requ...

Deep Learning in Cybersecurity

In this article, a review and summarization of the emerging scientific approaches of deep learning (DL) on cybersecurity are provided, a structured and comprehensive overview of the various cyberattack detection methods is conducted, existi...

Hacking the Human: The Prevalence Paradox in Cybersecurity

OBJECTIVE: This work assesses the efficacy of the "prevalence effect" as a form of cyberattack in human-automation teaming, using an email task. BACKGROUND: Under the prevalence effect, rare signals are more difficult to detect, even when t...