(UPI) Chapter 8: Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure Course (How To)

Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure

In this stage, we first lay the groundwork by reviewing literature on national security cybersecurity—including its ethical issues and value conflicts—and then delves into technical and political dimensions of protecting critical infrastructures, such as industrial control systems and AI-enabled vulnerabilities.

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  8.2 Review of the Literature on Cybersecurity in the National Security Domain

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  8.2.1 Ethical Issues That Emerged in the Literature

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  8.2.2 Value Conflicts Identified in the Literature

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  8.2.3 The Gap in the Literature

• Quiz 8.2

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8.3 Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure

In this stage, we examine the cybersecurity challenges that threaten critical infrastructure—the backbone of modern society’s essential services such as energy, transportation, healthcare, and finance. We analyze how increasing reliance on integrated ICT networks, combined with emerging technologies like AI and IoT, has expanded the attack surface, necessitating a nuanced understanding of both cyber and cyber-physical vulnerabilities, and highlighting the tension between securing these vital systems and maintaining democratic freedoms and privacy.

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  8.3 Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure

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  8.3.1 Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems

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  8.3.2 AI and Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure

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  8.3.3 Value Conflicts in the Use of AI in Cybersecurity in the National Security Domain

• Quiz 8.3

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8.4 Case Studies of Cybersecurity in the National Security Domain

The following section presents four case studies that highlight ethical issues in cybersecurity at the national level. First, we examine a case of cyber retaliation targeting critical infrastructure, threatening cyber peace. Next, we discuss two cases involving surveillance technologies, which governments use to enhance their cyber capabilities but may misuse against their own citizens. Finally, we explore a morally problematic cybersecurity threat exploited by governments against enemy states or internal opponents.

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  8.4.1 Iranian Attack on the US Power Grid System (Countermeasure to Stuxnet)

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  8.4.2 Hacking of Citizens' Telephones with Exodus

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  8.4.3 'Biased' Face Recognition Systems

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  8.4.4 Government Buying Zero-Day Exploits

• Quiz 8.4

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