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Cyber Insecurity: Examining the Past, Defining the Future deals with the multifaceted world of cybersecurity, starting with the premise that while perfection in cybersecurity may be unattainable, significant improvements can be made through understanding history and fostering innovation.
List of contents
1. The beginnings. 2. Cybersecurity or cyber security?. 3. History of computing (von Neumann architecture). 4. Complexity is your enemy. 5. Digital revolution and its consequences. 6. Project management methodologies. 7. Head in the Cloud. 8. SaaS solutions. 9. Understanding supply chain challenges. 10. Before TCP/IP: From switching circuits to switching packets. 11. TCP/IP. 12. DNS and BGP. 13. Compliance, conformance and security. 14. Standards. 15. Essential 8 Myth. 16. OT and IoT. 17. Tyranny of KPIs (and OKRs). 18. Emerging threats - AI. 19. Emerging threats: Quantum computers and quantum computing. 20. Evolving legal landscape.
About the author
Dr Vladas Leonas has over 45 years of experience in ICT and Cybersecurity, which includes a variety of public and private sector industries, as well as, tertiary education organisations. He is also a member of the Commonwealth and NSW Governments ICT Assurance Panels and a formally trained auditor (ISO 9001 and ISO27001). Over the last 7 years Vladas consulted a number of organisations, including UNSW, icare (NSW State Workers Compensation Insurance Company), variety of NSW Government Departments. He is also an author of 50+ publications and is an internationally recognised speaker. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Graduate School of Leadership and a Principal Supervisor of four Doctoral students. He is a subject matter expert and specialises in ICT Strategies, their Implementation and ICT Operations, Gateway Reviews and Internal Audits, Enterprise Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Governance, Procurement and Compliance. Over the last 25 years Dr. Leonas has held eight CIO and CTO positions.
Dr Leonas obtained his Doctoral Degree from Moscow Aviation Institute and his GAICD from AICD via AGSM in Sydney. He is a registered professional engineer..
