Defending Information Networks in Cyberspace: Some Notes on Security Needs

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Author(s): Alberto Carneiro (Universidade Europeia, Portugal & Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)and Irene Maria Portela (Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6324-4.ch020

Keywords: Criminal Science and Forensics / Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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This chapter addresses some concerns and highlights some of the major problems affecting cyberspace. This chapter focuses on defensive attitudes and concerns pertaining to the cybersecurity issues. Section 1, “Facing Cyberspace Security,” opens the area of threats and the need of defensive attitudes. Section 2, “Remembering Internet Issues,” deals with known Internet problems in what concerns cybersecurity as a generic term. In –Section 3, “Defensive Cybersecurity,” the focus is on the need to add more defensive features to security policies. Section 4, “In Search of Better Solutions,” emphasizes the need to invest continuously in scientific research and the creation of more sophisticated processes in order to prevent new forms of attack and mitigate negative results.

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