Theoretical Cybersecurity: Principles and Advanced Concepts

Chapter 1. Introduction to Strategic Cybersecurity

Discuss what strategic cybersecurity is

Discussion on how it is not cybersecurity strategy

Chapter 2. No one cares about cybersecurity

Real motivations

Consequences

How can cybersecurity help them in spite of themselves?

Chapter 3. Cost-Benefit & Cybersecurity

Cost-Benefit to the defender

Cost-Benefit to the attacker

Chapter 4. What is the box that is cybersecurity?

Where do we draw the line?

What are areas that should be abandoned

What are areas that should be explored

Chapter 5. The detect, prevent, accept paradigm

Outline the paradigm

Case studies

Chapter 6. Building your own cybersecurity box

What is out of the cyber domain: sim swapping, go daddy

What is likely to be your attacker

What is likely to be your loss

Chapter 7. Cybersecurity as a material

Capability Analysis

Sourcing

Test and evaluation

Utilization

Deprecation

Failure analysis

Chapter 8. Cybersecurity as infrastructure

A comparison to electricity

How do we get there and what will it mean?

Chapter 9. Strategic Defensive Security

Detect

Identify

Monitor

Hunt

Chapter 10. Strategic Offensive Security

Penetration testing

Red Teaming

Reverse Red Teaming

Chapter 11. Strategic Assurance

Frameworks

Auditing

Case study

Chapter 12. Strategic cybersecurity in commercial sectors

The approach

Case study

Chapter 13. Strategic cybersecurity in accountable sectors

Healthcare approach

Case study

Financial approach

Case study

Chapter 14. Strategic Magic

AI

ML

Block Chain

Chapter 15. Looking Forward

Where is the theory-craft?

We need new ideas and paradigms as much as we need new technology

Why is it difficult for academia to evolve cybersecurity?

Especially offensive cybersecurity

What is wrong with cybersecurity currently in academics

Degree programs

Unrealistic expectations

Potential solutions

Why does industry often lack an academic approach?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Apress
Published: 07/13/2022
ISBN: 9781484282991
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d