The CISO's Next Frontier: AI, Post-Quantum Cryptography and Advanced Security Paradigms

This book provides an advanced understanding of cyber threats and the risks companies face, including a detailed analysis of technologies and approaches to decreasing, mitigating, or remediating those threats and risks. It covers secure remote work, data security, network security, application and device security, cloud security, and cyber risk and privacy, and addresses quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for cyber security. CISOs and other security professionals will find this book useful.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 387 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of cyber threats, offering a profound understanding of the risks faced by companies in the digital age. It provides a detailed analysis of various technologies and approaches essential for reducing, mitigating, or remediating these threats and risks. The book covers a wide range of advanced security topics, including secure remote work, data security, network security, application and device security, cloud security, and cyber risk and privacy. Each chapter concludes with an evaluation of the topic from a CISOs perspective, providing valuable insights for security professionals.

Furthermore, the book addresses the emerging technologies of quantum computing and artificial intelligence and machine learning for cyber security. The opening chapters shed light on the power and potential dangers of quantum computing, proposing two solutions for protection against probable quantum computer attacks. The subsequent chapters advocate the use of supervised and unsupervised AI/ML to develop predictive, prescriptive, cognitive, and auto-reactive threat detection, mitigation, and remediation capabilities against advanced attacks perpetrated by sophisticated threat actors, APT, and polymorphic/metamorphic malware. CISOs must stay abreast of the ongoing sophisticated cyber-attacks and can address them with advanced security measures.

The latter half of the book explores some recent sophisticated cyber-attacks and the protective measures enabled by the advancements in cybersecurity capabilities across various IT domains. Chapters 6-10 delve into secure remote work, chapters 11-17 explore advanced data security paradigms, chapters 18-28 explore network security, and chapters 29-34 explore cloud security.

In conclusion, this book is a valuable resource for security professionals, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of cyber threats and the latest security technologies and approaches. It equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to protect their organizations from emerging threats and ensure the security of their digital assets.

Weight: 658g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030753566
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021