Eduardo Gelbstein

Of the three groups of components of information security – tools, processes, and people- the last one should be considered as the weakest link. People range from the tired or...

Critical Information Infrastructure Infrastructures (CII) have been recognized as potential targets for cyber-attacks since the late 1990s and many have already been successfully...

In the information society, technology has become ubiquitous, but its intrinsic vulnerabilities and the complexity of managing mission-critical systems create an attractive...

This chapter reviews the assumptions on which this section of the book is based, explores the irreversible dependency of society on information and communications technologies...

There does not appear to be a common framework for quantifying the impact of information security business disruption events resulting in the loss of availability...

Of the three groups of components of information security – tools, processes, and people- the last one should be considered as the weakest link. People range from the tired or...

Two other matters complicate this topic: the lack of statistical data relating to cyber-attacks and the vulnerabilities inherent in hardware, software and networks, many of which...

This chapter examines in summary form those standards and best practices that have been widely accepted as being the “right things the right way” and also discusses how to...

This chapter discusses vulnerabilities that should be considered by decision makers as they could be seen as the soft underbelly of a society that has an irreversible and deep...