A Survey of Contemporary Cyber Security Vulnerabilities and Potential Approaches to Automated Defence
Robert Mazzolin, Asad Madni Samueli · 2020 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) · 2020
Western societies' technological superiority potentially serves as its principal vulnerability. As technology manifests itself into the fabric of our daily existence, our personal lives, economy, defense and security relies upon the internet and related technologies. The rapid adoption of advanced technologies since the early days of the internet in pursuit of low-cost dramatic improvements in efficiency, has driven our society to rely upon fragile automated systems. These were initially designed with the emphasis on openness, speed and efficiency as opposed to security as the core capability supporting much of our critical infrastructure. Traditional passive and reactive information security approaches are now incapable of serving as the sole means of protection and automated defensive measures are increasingly required. This paper examines the cyber threat to various critical automated systems and highlights potential approaches.