Tech, Policy, and Research: How the Computer Science and Engineering Community Is Responding to Cybercrime
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- 18 Oct 2022
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Cybercrime continues to intensify around the globe. In fact, a new report from Check Point Research concluded that the first half of 2022 was met with a 42 percent increase in weekly cyberattacks globally, with every region experiencing a significant escalation.
While there is no silver bullet for thwarting attacks, growing cyber issues have increased the demand for advanced solutions to scan, evaluate, and ultimately safeguard against system and human vulnerabilities. That directive translates to novel approaches for both building infrastructure and shoring up data in ways that stay one step ahead of cybercriminals.
A Computer Science Role
“Advances in computer science and engineering will provide very good value to strengthen our cybersecurity protocols,” said Cyril Onwubiko, senior director, enterprise security architecture at Pearson – the world’s learning company. “These include big data, integration, and interoperability.”
Dr. Onwubiko points out that the more widespread accessibility and usability of big data have provided significant opportunities for strengthening security testing. Because data now exists in systems, sub systems, and different environments, cyber experts can apply it in varied testing protocols, which will improve system strength, and possibly even more important, confirm information veracity. Read More...
