CyBOK — The Cybersecurity Body of Knowledge

Nov 01 2023 24 ep. 74

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A comprehensive Body of Knowledge to inform and underpin education and professional training for the cyber security sector.

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CyBOK - AI for Security with Matilda Rhode

Nov 01 2023 16 mins

Cybersecurity, like other industries, has seen an explosion in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies in recent years. AI and ML can help to automate tasks. Data-driven approaches in general can draw patterns from vast volumes of data far quicker than humans are can. This episode summarises the state of AI for security at the time of writing

CyBOK - Security Economics with Tyler Moore

Nov 01 2023 21 mins

The Security Economics Knowledge Guide introduces some of the most impactful ways economics has helped to shed light on cybersecurity problems and frame solutions that blend private and public action. The guide focuses on the organizational, rather than individual, perspective, which is where the majority of scholarly activity has focused. The author of this knowledge guides shares

CyBOK - Security and Privacy of AI with Lorenzo Cavallaro and Emiliano De Cristofaro

Sep 25 2023 21 mins

Machine Learning (ML) has rapidly become a fundamental technology that underpins count- less applications, from natural language processing and computer vision to fraud detection and personalized recommendations. In recent years, there has been a growing understanding of how to use ML in security contexts, leading to the development of advanced tools and techniques for detecting an

CyBOK - Network Security 2.0 with Christian Rossow

Sep 21 2021 20 mins

The ubiquity of networking allows us to connect all sorts of devices and gain unprecedented access to a whole range of applications and services anytime, anywhere. However, our heavy reliance on networking technology also makes it an attractive target for malicious users who are willing to compromise the security of our communications and/or cause disruption to services that are cr

CyBOK - Formal Methods with David Basin

Sep 21 2021 31 mins

The Formal Methods knowledge area surveys the most relevant topics in formal methods for security. As a discipline, formal methods address foundations, methods and tools, based on mathematics and logic, for rigourously developing and reasoning about computer systems, whether they be software, hardware, or a combination of the two. The application of formal methods to security has e

CyBOK - Applied Cryptography with Kenny Paterson

Sep 21 2021 31 mins

The Applied Cryptography knowledge area This document provides a broad introduction to the field of cryptography, focusing on applied aspects of the subject. It complements the CyBoK document [1] which focuses on formal aspects of cryptography (including definitions and proofs) and on describing the core cryptographic primitives. That said, formal aspects are highly relevant when c

CyBOK - Web and Mobile Security with Sascha Fahl

Apr 30 2021 22 mins

The purpose of the Web and Mobile Security chapter is to provide an overview of security mechanisms, attacks and defences in modern web and mobile ecosystems. Web and mobile security have become the primary means through which many users interact with the Internet and computing systems. Hence, their impact on overall information security is significant due to the sheer prevalence o

CyBOK - Hardware Security with Ingrid Verbauwhede

Aug 31 2020 20 mins

The purpose of the Distributed Systems Security chapter covers a broad range of topics from trusted computing to Trojan circuits. To classify these topics we follow the different hardware abstraction layers as introduced by the Y-chart of Gajski & Kuhn. We speak with CyBOK Hardware Security author Ingrid Verbauwhede for an introductory overview of the topic.

CyBOK - Adversarial Behaviours with Gianluca Stringhini

Aug 31 2020 17 mins

The purpose of the Adversarial Behaviours chapter is to provide an overview of the malicious operations that are happening on the Internet today. The chapter discusses how these frameworks can be used by researchers and practitioners to develop effective mitigations against malicious online operations. We speak with CyBOK Distributed Systems Security author Gianluca Stringhini for

CyBOK - Law and Regulation with Robert Carolina

Aug 31 2020 37 mins

The purpose of the Law and Regulation chapter is to provide a snapshot of legal and regulatory topics that merit consideration when conducting various activities in the field of cyber security such as: security management, risk assessment, security testing, forensic investigation, research, product and service development, and cyber operations (defensive and offensive). The hope is