Contextualising the National Cyber Security Capacity in an Unstable Environment: A Spring Land Case Study

Mohamed Altaher Ben Naseir*, Huseyin Dogan, Edward Apeh, Christopher Richardson, Raian Ali

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Abstract

Threats to global cyber security, including physical, personnel, and information, continue to evolve and spread across a hyper-connected world, irrespective of international borders, in both their elaboration and the scale of their impact. This cyber domain represents a constant challenge to national security, as its socio-technical components are both real and cognisant. The exacerbation of cyber-attacks undermines countries’ stability, its escalation produces a landscape of genuine global threat, and the magnitude of its expanding attack mechanisms creates a ‘tsunami effect’ on national cyber defenses. This paper reviews the current politically unstable state of Spring Land’s cyber security capacity, utilising Interactive Management (IM) approach. It reports the findings of an IM session conducted during a workshop involving a total of 26 participants from the Spring Land National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA), other government agencies. The workshop utilised different IM techniques, such as Idea Writing (IW), Nominal Group Technique (NGT), and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM). Using trigger questions, based on the dimensions of the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CCMM), a set of objectives was derived to contextualise and support identified the key initiatives for the development of national cyber security capacity in the country.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1
EditorsHojjat Adeli, Luís Paulo Reis, Sandra Costanzo, Álvaro Rocha
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages373-382
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030161804
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2019 - Galicia, Spain
Duration: 16 Apr 201919 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume930
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

ConferenceWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGalicia
Period16/04/1919/04/19

Keywords

  • Cyber security
  • Cyber security in Spring Land
  • Cyber security maturity models
  • Interactive Management

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