A Case for Societal Digital Security Culture

Abstract

Abstract. Information and communication technology systems, such as remote health care monitoring and smart mobility applications, have become indispensable parts of our lives. Security vulnerabilities in these systems could cause financial losses, privacy/safety compromises, and operational interruptions. This paper demonstrates through examples, that technical security solutions for these information systems, alone, are not sufficient to protect individuals and their assets from attacks. It proposes to complement (usable) technical solutions with Societal Digital Security Culture (SDSC): collective knowledge, common practices, and intuitive common behavior about digital security that the members of a society share. The paper also suggests a set of approaches for improving SDSC in a society and demonstrates using a case study how the suggested approaches could be integrated to compose a plan for improving SDSC.

The Role of Trust and Co-partnership in the Societal Digital Security Culture Approach

“…In this paper we intend to fully investigate how support the technical solutions, taking into consideration the net-centric position of human factor and the preeminent rule of Societal Digital Security Culture (SDSC) with regard to Digital Security Culture (DSC) [2]. The measure that affect the SDSC, in fact, have much stronger impact on enhancing the § Corresponding author: Lt. Col. Antonio Colella, Italian Army and Italian Atlantic Committee Advisor, Piazza di Firenze 27, Roma, ITALY.…”