• DocumentCode
    1690653
  • Title

    A practical solution to improve cyber security on a global scale

  • Author

    Patel, Vaibhav

  • Author_Institution
    secur IT ism Ltd., London, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This paper introduces a technical, social and ethical organization freely sharing cyber attack vectors in the spirit of global co-operation crossing geo-political borders by deploying active monitoring. More importantly it introduces a radically new and better suited workforce to identify past, present and future cyber threats by better “big data” analytics. Current tools and techniques lag behind the cyber attacks and cannot be automated as the attackers are humans and can circumvent controls. The problem is that security tasks are difficult and complex. We lose focus and don´t see the patterns that we should and few, if any, current staff like this manual work. securITism delivers a globally unique solution to this problem by using local high-functioning autistic (Asperger´s Syndrome) graduates to actively monitor networks and flows. They are selected for the fact that they have strong 3D visualization; pattern recognition; long term memory; sense of logic; and thinking outside the box. The vision for this solution came from research, design, development and deployment of electronics, operating systems and resilient network security technologies spanning almost three decades. Armed with the knowledge down to component/kernel levels and having to think like a hacker, it is completely feasible that a single person can potentially cause catastrophic failure to virtually any critical infrastructure.
  • Keywords
    Big Data; computer network security; data analysis; ethical aspects; operating system kernels; social aspects of automation; 3D visualization; Asperger Syndrome; active monitoring; big data analytics; catastrophic failure; critical infrastructure; cyber attack vector sharing; cyber attacks; cyber security; cyber threats; ethical organization; geo-political borders; global co-operation; local high-functioning autistic graduates; logic sense; long term memory; network monitoring; operating system security technologies; pattern recognition; resilient network security technologies; securITism; security tasks; social organization; technical organization; technical socio-ethical approach; Autism; Computer crime; Kernel; Manuals; Weapons; ASD; Asperger´s Sydrome; Aurora; Autism; Autistic Spectrum Disorder; CER; Duq; Flame; Gauss; IP V6; MSSP; Passwerk; SIEM; Securitism; Stuxnet; active monitoring; attack vectors; big data; big data analytics; cross-correlatio; cyber defense; cyber intelligence sharing; encryption; man-in-the-middle; network flows; network management systems; neuro-typical; securITism; strengths in autism; weaponization; worm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cybersecurity Summit (WCS), 2012 Third Worldwide
  • Conference_Location
    New Delhi
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCS.2012.6780876
  • Filename
    6780876