Toward a Sustainable Cybersecurity Ecosystem

• DOI: 10.3390/computers9030074
• Publication Date: 2020-09-17T12:29:43Z
• Authors: Shahrin Sadik; Mohiuddin Ahmed; Leslie F. Sikos; A. K. M. Najmul I...
• Keywords: blockchain; Cybersecurity; cybersecurity; Internet of Things; Anomaly detection; Smart grid; 02 engineering and technology; 12. Responsible consumption; Blockchain; 11. Sustainability; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; cyber-risk assessment; Cyber-risk assessment; data analytics; smart grid; network traffic analysis; Smart city; Computer Sciences; cybernetics; Information Security; 303; QA75.5-76.95; cybersecurity life cycle; sustainability; anomaly detection; Network traffic analysis; Sustainability; smart city; 13. Climate action; Cybersecurity life cycle; Data analytics; Electronic computers. Computer science; Cybernetics

Cybersecurity issues constitute a key concern of today’s technology-based economies. Cybersecurity has become a core need for providing a sustainable and safe society to online users in cyberspace. Considering the rapid increase of technological implementations, it has turned into a global necessity in the attempt to adapt security countermeasures, whether direct or indirect, and prevent systems from cyberthreats. Identifying, characterizing, and classifying such threats and their sources is required for a sustainable cyber-ecosystem. This paper focuses on the cybersecurity of smart grids and the emerging trends such as using blockchain in the Internet of Things (IoT). The cybersecurity of emerging technologies such as smart cities is also discussed. In addition, associated solutions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning frameworks to prevent cyber-risks are also discussed. Our review will serve as a reference for policy-makers from the industry, government, and the cybersecurity research community.