Cyber security importance has escalated globally, driven by its pivotal role in shaping daily life, encompassing both personal and non-personal aspects. Cyber security breach probability functions play a crucial role in comprehending how cyber securi...
With the continuous expansion of air traffic flow, the increasingly serious aviation network security threats have a significant and far-reaching impact on the safe operation of the aviation industry. The networked air traffic management (ATM) system...
Background: Cyber security has turned out to be one of the main challenges of recent years. As the variety of system and application vulnerabilities has increased dramatically in recent years, cyber attackers have managed to penetrate the networks an...
Although artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be deployed to improve cyber security management, not all managers understand the different types of AI/ML and how they are to be deployed alongside the benefits associated with soci...
With ongoing cyber threats stemming from persistent hacking attempts, relentless efforts are being made to prevent such threats at their source. Recently, the concept of “zero trust”, introduced by the United States National Institute of...
The aim of this paper is to deepen the application of value at risk in the cyber domain, with particular attention to its potential role in security investment valuation. Cyber risk is a fundamental component of the overall risk faced by any organiza...
Investments in security and cyber-insurance are two cyber-risk management strategies that can be employed together to optimize the overall security expense. In this paper, we provide a closed form for the optimal investment under a full set of insura...
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow at a rapid pace, becoming integrated into the daily operations of individuals and organisations. IoT systems automate crucial services within daily life that users may rely on, which makes the assurance...
Cyber-security incidents show how difficult it is to make optimal strategic decisions in such a complex environment. Given that it is hard for researchers to observe organisations’ decision-making processes driving cyber-security strategy, we d...
As the world undergoes rapid digitalization, individuals and objects are becoming more extensively connected through the advancement of Internet networks. This phenomenon has been observed in governmental and military domains as well, accompanied by...
This study aimed to strengthen the security of autonomous vehicles by analyzing the current status of autonomous vehicle security, such as autonomous vehicle features, security threats, and compliance, and deriving security-level check items. Based o...
During the last decade, the smart grid (SG) concept has started to become a reality, mainly thanks to the technical progress achieved in telecommunications, informatics and power electronics, among other domains, leading to an evolution of the tradit...
This study aims to describe and assess the impact of critical infrastructure (CI) cybersecurity issues on the sustainable development of smart cities. This study highlights the integration of PayTech systems into the broader CI landscape, highlightin...
In the 4th industrial era, the proliferation of interconnected smart devices and advancements in AI, particularly big data and machine learning, have integrated various industrial domains into cyberspace. This convergence brings novel security threat...
In the complex and dynamic landscape of cyber threats, organizations require sophisticated strategies for managing Cybersecurity Operations Centers and deploying Security Information and Event Management systems. Our study enhances these strategies b...
Emerging cyber threats’ sophistication, impact, and complexity rapidly evolve, confronting organizations with demanding challenges. This severe escalation requires a deeper understanding of adversary dynamics to develop enhanced defensive strat...
This study presents a novel cyber-resilient, data-driven optimisation framework for real-time energy management in electric vehicle (EV)-integrated smart grids. The proposed framework integrates a hybrid optimisation engine—combining genetic al...
The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) introduces a complex set of binding lifecycle security obligations, presenting a significant compliance challenge for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry. This study addresses this challenge by...
The transfer of information is a demanding issue, particularly due to the presence of a large number of eavesdroppers on communication channels. Sharing medical service records between different clinical jobs is a basic and testing research topic. Th...
Cyber-security countermeasures are important for IIoT (industrial Internet of things) systems in which IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) are integrated. The appropriate asset management is the key to creating strong security...
Cyber threats are attempts to secure unauthorized access to, change, or delete private information, to demand money from victims, or to disrupt business. Cybercrime includes everything from identity theft, malware threats, email and online fraud, to...
Battery management systems (BMSs) are critical to ensure the efficiency and safety of high-power battery energy storage systems (BESSs) in vehicular and stationary applications. Recently, the proliferation of battery big data and cloud computing adva...
On 28 February–2 March 2023, the 2023 States General of Artificial Intelligence (AI) event was held in Italy under the sponsorship of several multinational companies. The purpose of this event was mainly to create a venue for allowing international p...
The ongoing digitalization of critical infrastructures enables more efficient processes, but also comes with new challenges related to potential cyber-physical attacks or incidents. To manage their associated risk, a precise and systematic framework...
Electric power systems are experiencing relevant changes involving the growing penetration of distributed generation and energy storage systems, the introduction of electric vehicles, the management of responsive loads, the proposals for new energy m...
Cloud-native architecture is becoming increasingly popular in today’s digital environment, driving the demand for robust security precautions to protect infrastructure and applications. This paper examines a variety of privacy-enhancing and tru...
The issue of Automated Meter Management (AMM), an integral part of modern energy smart grid systems, has become a hot topic in recent years. With the current energy crisis, and given the new approaches to smart energy and its regulation, implemented...
The current world challenges include issues such as infectious disease pandemics, environmental health risks, food safety, and crime prevention. Through this article, a special emphasis is given to one of the main challenges in the healthcare sector...
The Internet has rapidly grown into a distributed and collaborative network with over one billion users, e.g., the Internet of Things (IoT). The future Internet will become the core of the next information infrastructure in regard to computation and...
Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and severe, and an organization’s protection depends on its weakest member. Although users are aware of the risks in cyberspace, most of them do not follow best practices, and there is a need...
The rapid evolution of cyber threats requires intelligence sharing between organizations while ensuring data privacy and contributor credibility. Existing centralized cyber threat intelligence (CTI) systems suffer from single points of failure, priva...
The security and integrity of election systems represent fundamental pillars of democratic governance in the 21st century. As electoral processes increasingly rely on networked technologies and digital infrastructures, the vulnerability of these syst...
As Thailand’s financial sector accelerates its digital transformation, cybersecurity has transitioned from a mere technical support function to a strategic imperative that governs operational risk and financial stability. This study empirically...
DRIvE (Demand Response Integration Technologies) is a research and innovation project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Program, whose main objective is unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid. DR...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly expanding and becoming an integral part of daily life, increasing the potential for security threats such as malware or cyberattacks. Many embedded systems (ESs), responsible for handling sensitive data or faci...
The potential application of the digital twins concept and its principles to all industries, including agriculture, has recently been the subject of considerable research interest. Since livestock farming is one of the mainstays of the agricultural i...
Water and wastewater services have been provided through centralised systems for more than a century. The operational and management approaches of the water systems face challenges induced by population growth, urbanisation, and ageing infrastructure...
Cyber physical systems (CPSs) are found in many aspects of daily life, and they control and protect energy production, manufacturing and even healthcare. Due to long lifecycles and the use of legacy technologies, its associated security comes with ma...
Smart grid reliability and efficiency are critical for uninterrupted service, especially amidst growing demand and network complexity. Wide-Area Measurement Systems (WAMS) are valuable tools for mitigating faults and reducing fault-clearing time whil...
This study presents a metric selection framework and a normalization method for the quantitative assessment of cyber resilience, with a specific focus on availability as a core dimension. To develop a generalizable evaluation model, service types fro...
In this paper, insights are provided into how senior managers can establish a global cyber security model that raises cyber security awareness among staff in a partnership arrangement and ensures that cyber attacks are anticipated and dealt with in r...
One aspect of the digital transformation process in the shipping industry, a process often referred to as Shipping 4.0, is the increased digitization of on board systems that goes along with increased automation in and autonomy of the vessel. This is...
Cybersecurity management plays a key role in preserving the operational security of nuclear power plants (NPPs), ensuring service continuity and system resilience. The growing number of sophisticated cyber-attacks against NPPs requires cybersecurity...
In an ever-evolving technological industry, the oil and gas sector is already moving forward through the adaptation of Industry 4.0 and the adaptation of advanced cyber technologies through Oil and Gas 4.0. As IT/OT (information technology/operationa...
The maritime industry’s increasing integration of IT/OT systems into vessel operations has significantly elevated its exposure to cyber–physical threats, making the development of effective cyber risk management strategies a necessity. Th...
The comprehensive system of information security of an enterprise includes both tactical aspects of information and strategic priorities, reflecting the information policy and information strategy of the enterprise. Ensuring a given level of cybersec...
At the Group of Seven (G7) summit held on 13–15 June in 2024, the Group’s leaders committed to establishing a collective cyber security framework and reinforcing the work of the cyber security working group to manage the risks targeting e...
This paper presents a comprehensive and evidence-based cyber-risk assessment approach specifically designed for Medical Cyber Physical Systems (MCPS)- and Internet-of-Medical Devices (IoMT)-based collaborative digital healthcare systems, which levera...
For many individuals and organizations, cyber-insurance is the most practical and only way of handling a major financial impact of an information security event. However, the cyber-insurance market suffers from the problem of information asymmetry, l...
Cybersecurity risks have become obstinate problems for critical water infrastructure management in Australia and worldwide. Water management in Australia involves a vast complex of smart technical control systems interconnected with several networks,...
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