ABSTRACT
This chapter will explore the transformational changes that will impact the entire field of information assurance and computer security as a result of five major trends throughout the world. These five trends are the following:
• Virtualization • Social media
7.1 Introduction 287 7.2 Breaches-Global Data 288 7.3 Threat Landscape 293
7.3.1 Traditional Threats 294 7.3.2 Social Engineering Threats 294 7.3.3 Buffer Overflow and Structured Query Language Injection 295 7.3.4 Next-Generation Threats 295 7.3.5 Attacker’s Need for Information 297
7.4 Transformational Changes for Cybersecurity 299 7.4.1 Virtualization 300 7.4.2 Social Media 302 7.4.3 Internet of Things 305 7.4.4 Cloud Computing 307 7.4.5 Big Data 314
7.4.5.1 Structured and Unstructured Data 314 7.4.5.2 Securing Big Data 315 7.4.5.3 Security Analytics 317 7.4.5.4 Big Data Applications 318
7.5 Preparing Future Generations for Cybersecurity Transformational Challenges 321
Notes and References 322 Bibliography 323
• Cloud computing • Internet of Things (IoT) • Big data
Each of these trends provides clear enhancements and cost-effective strategies for improving business operations and revenue streams for corporations. However, collectively, these trends introduce a transformational challenge to computer security professionals because the field has not yet been confronted with such a fundamental change in providing security to the volume and velocity of data that is being created in terms of exabyte capacities. The entire data and computer industry is confronting a change at a level few are prepared to address.
