Dimensions of Cyber-Attacks: Cultural, Social, Economic, and Political

Gandhi, Robin A.; Sharma, Aditi; Mahoney, William; Sousan, William; Zhu, Qiuming; Laplante, Phil

doi:10.1109/mts.2011.940293

Cited by 133 publications

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“…Cyber-criminals may be categorized into political and non-politically motivated. Politically motivated cyber crimes are perpetuated by extremist groups as a way of using cyberspace to foster falsehood, online attack, monetary gain or plan and coordinate physical-act of terrorism [16]. Non-politically motivated attacks are mostly for financial gain and other deeply-rooted socio-cultural issues [16][17].…”

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A review of game theory approach to cyber security risk management

Akinwumi¹,

Babatunde²,

Alese³

et al. 2018

Nig. J. Tech.

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Cyber security is among the most complex and rapidly evolving issues and has been the focus of present day organizations. Cyber security risk management is the process of managing or reducing potentially harmful and uncertain events that posse as threats to cyber security. It involves looking at what could go wrong on the cyber space and deciding on ways to prevent or minimize their occurrences or effects. One of the prominent cyber security risk management techniques is the Game Theoretic Approach (GTA), which focuses on the use of resources, internal controls, information sharing, technical improvements, behavioral or organizational scale-ups and cyber insurance for cyber risk management. This paper presents a review of game theoretic-based model for cyber security risk management. Specifically, issues on modeling, some related works and significance of game theoretic approach to cyber security risk management are presented. Findings from the review revealed the peculiarities and specificity of each model. It is also revealed that the models are just evolving and require much improvement.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of game theory approach to cyber security risk management

Akinwumi¹,

Babatunde²,

Alese³

et al. 2018

Nig. J. Tech.

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“…Thus, ''hacktivists'' are distinguished within the broader category of hackers by their use of technology and hacking as means to achieve political purposes or ''greater good'' (Taylor, 2005). Hacktivism is an important area of study because hacktivist motives stemming from social, political, economic, and cultural (SPEC) conflicts are increasingly cited as reasons why hacker groups plan and execute their attacks (Gandhi et al, 2011;Holt & Kilger, 2012).…”

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Exploring Reactions to Hacktivism Among STEM College Students: A Preliminary Model of Hacktivism Support and Resistance

PytlikZillig

Wang

Soh

et al. 2014

Social Science Computer Review

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This study investigated the predictors of support for and resistance to hacktivism in a sample of 78 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors at a Midwestern university. Results from surveys about real-world instances of hacktivism indicate different preexisting global attitudes predict specific situational hacktivism support (predicted by admiration) versus resistance (predicted by willingness to report). Also, participants gave greater weight to their perceptions of hacktivist (rather than target) trustworthiness/untrustworthiness. Comparisons among different facets of trustworthiness suggest perceptions of shared values with and integrity of the hacktivists are especially important for predicting support and resistance. Participants also were more supportive of hacktivism rated as having higher utilitarian value but not less supportive of hacktivism initiated for retribution. Mediation analyses indicated that situation perceptions significantly mediated the effects of global attitudes on hacktivism support/resistance, but that the significance of specific mediators was inconsistent across analyses. This suggests that the importance of mediators may depend on specific context.

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“…Governments, global organizations, operators and services providers have come together on multiple platforms to develop protection standards, technologies and processes for these systems [2]. Cyberspace is now a recognized operational domain for major modern armies and security agencies around the world [3].…”

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Design and development of wireless RTU and cybersecurity framework for SCADA system

Durrani¹,

Jattala²,

Farooqi³

et al. 2013

2013 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies

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The wave adoption of wireless over wire-line is a global phenomenon and the Oil & Gas industry is no exception. This paper presents a multi-tiered secure hardened Wireless Remote Terminal Unit (WRTU) for SCADA systems. The WRTU is based on ARM Coter-M4 Processor supported by GSM & Satellite modems, GPS, WiFi and Ethernet. WRTU can be interfaced to an array of standard industrial sensors, and actuators. WRTU has data acquisition, monitoring, and control capabilities. WRTU is an inexpensive device, using Commercial- of-The-Shelf (COTS) modules. WRTU is an easy to deploy (using existing public available infrastructure) device and 'single device that does it all'. WRTU connects to the Control and Monitoring Centre (CMC) via GSM or Satellite modem. The CMC monitors and controls all peripherals of the WRTU, maintains a log of alerts, sensors information, set critical limits and provides geo-location of all WRTUs via its GIS portal. TheCMC has a database to maintain all operational centric data, for report generation, historical analysis and forecasting. A multitiered cybersecurity framework has been designed to protect entire communication infrastructure. Cybersecurity is critically important for national security in todays connected world. Cybersecurity is of critical importance as most national security agencies want the introduction of cybersecurity into all new SCADA systems used in critical infrastructure.

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Dimensions of Cyber-Attacks: Cultural, Social, Economic, and Political

Cited by 133 publications

References 12 publications

A review of game theory approach to cyber security risk management

A review of game theory approach to cyber security risk management

Exploring Reactions to Hacktivism Among STEM College Students: A Preliminary Model of Hacktivism Support and Resistance

Design and development of wireless RTU and cybersecurity framework for SCADA system

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