DocumentCode
920480
Title
From Ancient Fortress to Modern Cyberdefense
Author
Liu, Simon ; Ormaner, Jerry
Author_Institution
US Nat. Libr. of Med., Bethesda, MD
Volume
11
Issue
3
fYear
2009
Firstpage
22
Lastpage
29
Abstract
Establishing an effective enterprise cyberdefense mechanism is conceptually similar to building a fortress city in ancient times. The authors describe the parallels by comparing observation towers, fortified walls, gates, alarms, guards, and cyberdefense.
Keywords
business data processing; security of data; enterprise cyberdefense mechanism; fortified walls; fortress city; observation towers; Business continuity; Communication system security; Delay; Engineering management; Identity management systems; Management training; NIST; National security; Scheduling; World Wide Web; IT professional; antispam; antivirus; cyberdefense; cybersecurity; firewalls; identify management; incident response; intrusion detection; vulnerability management;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IT Professional
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1520-9202
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MITP.2009.48
Filename
4983397
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