Cyber SecurityDr Adrian Nish, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute

CYBER IS TRANSFORMING OUR LIVESCYBER IS TRANSFORMING OUR LIVES

Transforming

social lives

Transforming leisure and

banking

Transforming

business

17% of world population have

a Facebook account

In UK watching TV online rose

130% from 2009 to 2013

Amazon.com revenue

quintupled from 2007 to 2013

($15 billion - $75 billion)

35% of recently married US

couples online

3 in 4 young people in the UK

access their bank online

Twitter is valued at $25 billion

(x1.5 the value of BAE

Systems)

ANONYMITY IS EASY ANONYMITY IS EASY –– RISKS ARE LOWERRISKS ARE LOWER

INTERNET IS BORDERLESS INTERNET IS BORDERLESS –– JURISDICTIONAL ISSUESJURISDICTIONAL ISSUES

EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL –– FAKING IS EASYFAKING IS EASY

ATTACKS CAN BE AUTOMATED ATTACKS CAN BE AUTOMATED –– PAYOFF CAN BE HIGHERPAYOFF CAN BE HIGHER

INFRASTRUCTURE IS WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE IS WEAK –– ABANDONED WEBSITES ETCABANDONED WEBSITES ETC

WE THOUGHT WE FIXED THIS WE THOUGHT WE FIXED THIS –– FIREWALLS? ANTIFIREWALLS? ANTI--VIRUS?VIRUS?

Cyber-criminals Cyber-activists Cyber-spies

Serving themselves Serving the cause Serving the nation

DISRUPTING A CYBER CRIMINAL CAMPAIGNDISRUPTING A CYBER CRIMINAL CAMPAIGNCyberCyber--criminalscriminals

CyberCyber--activistsactivists

CyberCyber--spiesspies

CyberCyber--spiesspies

Attribution requires looking at the bigger pictureAttribution requires looking at the bigger picture

CYBER SECURITY in 2015 CYBER SECURITY in 2015 -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIESCHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, & SECURITY CULTURETECHNOLOGY, POLICY, & SECURITY CULTURE

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ROLE OF GOVERNMENT –– PROMOTE R&D, SKILLS, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTE R&D, SKILLS, INTERNATIONAL

EXCHANGE OF BEST PRACTICEEXCHANGE OF BEST PRACTICE

CONTINUE DIALOGUE AND WORK TOWARDS UNIVERSAL NORMSCONTINUE DIALOGUE AND WORK TOWARDS UNIVERSAL NORMS

COLLABORATE AND COCOLLABORATE AND CO--ORDINATE TO TACKLE CYBERORDINATE TO TACKLE CYBER--CRIMECRIME

BE AGILE, CYBER WILL REMAIN A FAST EVOLVING SECURITY CHALLENGEBE AGILE, CYBER WILL REMAIN A FAST EVOLVING SECURITY CHALLENGE