Proactive Damage Assessment of Cyber Attacks Using Mobile Observer Agents

Lakhdhar, Yosra; Rekhis, Slim; Boudriga, Noureddine

doi:10.1145/3151848.3151864

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“…While this has allowed for mobile banking revolutions that have spread worldwide like that of the M-PESA system in Kenya and similar, also highlights an exploitable vulnerability and option in offensive capacity for Rwanda to pursue (Gewald et al 2012;Mas and Radcliffe 2010). This is an option that would require building an offensive capacity to dent mobile networks across the continent, which could backfire as no weapon remains unnoticed for long and could trigger an arms race in an offensive mobile capacity that could spread internationally (Dunham, 2008;Lakhdhar et al 2017). This could also damage Rwanda's image, internationally, reducing its ability to obtain assistance, utilize its soft power, and eventually threaten its pace of development, as with the case of North Korea, which has received scorn for not just its nuclear power development but also its capacity in offensive cyber operations (Boo, 2017;Haggard and Lindsay, 2015).…”

Section: The Greater Au and On Rwanda's Experience In Cyber-deterrencementioning

confidence: 99%

Biocybersecurity and Deterrence: Hypothetical Rwandan Considerations

Samori¹,

Odularu

Potter³

et al. 2023

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Digitalization and sustainability are popular words within modern disciplines as practitioners each look toward the future of their respective fields. Specifically for the African continent, which is making great strides in developmental targets, those two terms are central to core aspects of policy initiatives that may foster cooperation across its varied lands and nations. One of the underlying challenges that confront Africa is a lack of strong regional integration across socioeconomic and political programs; there is value in African regions having more regional connectedness. We assess the rate of regional integration and development in Africa and discuss how to alleviate development crises that could be accelerated by deploying a sustainable cybersecurity strategy, which increasingly includes the bioeconomy and its components. This can be done through the application of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and modern biotechnology. This work suggests that political and socio-economic activities associated with regional integration must be seen as an all-encompassing task that transcends beyond national boundaries towards a cyber biodefense fortification and increases in 4IR technological integration. This has the aim of thereby encompassing efforts to persuade leaders to fast-track policies that seek to promote geospatial cyberinfrastructure, integrative cybersecurity considerations, cross-border digitalization programs, and increased need for cybersecurity research and education, with mindfulness towards education and further integration of mindful automation. In conclusion, a model of integrative security is proposed for Africa.

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Section: The Greater Au and On Rwanda's Experience In Cyber-deterrencementioning

confidence: 99%