Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure: Redefining National Security Concepts

K S Manoj

gen. del 2022 · Notion Press

Sobre aquest llibre

Today, cyberspace has emerged as a domain of its own, in many ways like land, sea and air. Even if a nation is small in land area, low in GDP per capita, low in resources, less important in geopolitics, low in strength of armed forces, it can become a military super power if it is capable of launching a cyber-attack on critical infrastructures of any other nation including superpowers and crumble that nation. In fact cyber space redefining our security assumptions and defense strategies. This book explains the current cyber threat landscape and discusses the strategies being used by governments and corporate sectors to protect Critical Infrastructure (CI) against these threats.

Sobre l'autor

The author is a physicist and an automation engineer with research interest in physical-cyber security of Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Initially he specialized in design and development of ICS, by focusing on SCADA and DCS networks. However after realizing the gravity of the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), he later focused towards the threat vectors in the extremely complex interdependent critical infrastructures and framing defense-in-depth mitigation strategies. He has over 30 years of experience in ICS and Energy Engineering. He has authored four more titles viz. Cyber Security in Industrial Automation, Industrial Automation with SCADA, Power System Automation and Smart Grid. He may be contacted [e-mail].