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Handbook of Research on Information and Cyber Security in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Interconnection of devices and technology that allows the user or the organization to share information.
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Developing Cybersecurity Resilience in the Provincial Government
Harold Patrick (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), Brett van Niekerk (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), and Ziska Fields (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4763-1.ch012
Abstract
The approach that the organization uses to manage its cyber-risk to its workforce, information, systems, and networks is paramount to ensure sustainability and continuity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Improving cyber-resiliency in the organization reduces the chance of future threats and attacks and builds better capability. Cyber resilience involves continuous operations, good governance, and diligence supported by the right security strategy of a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) that can protect government operations and control cyber-risks. CSIRT can build better resiliency at the decentralized provincial government level, and contribute to cyber awareness amongst the workforce, public, and other government departments. A CSIRT can further contribute to resilience to the organization by analyzing the threats and attacks, developing countermeasures for the future in protecting its systems and networks from threat actors.
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Africa and the Challenges of Bridging the Digital Divide
A number of computers and other devices that are linked together in order to facilitate sharing of data.
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Harnessing Externalities to Enhance Competitiveness in an Industrial Cluster: Experiences in a South African Cluster
A supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest.
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Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy through Big Data
A set of social units and direct or indirect relations, with a common goal.
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Resilience, Innovation, and Knowledge Transfer: Conceptual Considerations and Future Research Directions
Sets of relationships, ties or links between nodes. In network analysis in social studies nodes represent social actors such as people, firms, organizations. In the innovation process networks are crucial for effective knowledge transfers and diffusion. The relationships within a network vary, among other aspects, in strength, in degree of formalization, in duration, in direction, and in level. Networks can be centralized or decentralized and dense or fragmented. The structural characteristics of networks are crucial to understand its resilience.
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A Triple Helix Model Based on Open Collaborative Innovation in Colombia: A Proposal for Higher Education Institutions
A group of people interconnected using different technologies, aimed at sharing resources and knowledge.
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Use of E-Resources by Social Scientists in Tamil Nadu, India
A number of PCs can be linked together so they can share resources like printers, files and disk space. A network uses a connecting cable to pass information between the different PCs in the network, each of which has a unique “address” so that it can be identified unambiguously.
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Mentoring for Career Advancement: Black Women Faculty at HBCUs
A group or system of social or professional connections of people and organizations meant to share information, opportunities, advice, and to develop one’s career.
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The Influence of Technology on the Strategic Planning Process
Increasingly digital, networks allow the sharing of resources and collaboration of stakeholders.
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Assessing Social Entrepreneurs' Personal Network for Resource Acquisition: A Preliminary Study
Single nodes linked by a set of relationships, which form the structure of the network.
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