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Cyber Minds

By : Shira Rubinoff
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Cyber Minds

By: Shira Rubinoff

Overview of this book

Shira Rubinoff's Cyber Minds brings together the top authorities in cybersecurity to discuss the emergent threats that face industries, societies, militaries, and governments today. With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Cyber Minds serves as a strategic briefing on cybersecurity and data safety, collecting expert insights from sector security leaders, including: General Gregory Touhill, former Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States Kevin L. Jackson, CEO and Founder, GovCloud Mark Lynd, Digital Business Leader, NETSYNC Joseph Steinberg, Internet Security advisor and thought leader Jim Reavis, Co-Founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance Dr. Tom Kellerman, Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Carbon Black Inc and Vice Chair of Strategic Cyber Ventures Board Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Dr. Sally Eaves, Emergent Technology CTO, Global Strategy Advisor – Blockchain AI FinTech, Social Impact award winner, keynote speaker and author Dr. Guenther Dobrauz, Partner with PwC in Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland Barmak Meftah, President, AT&T Cybersecurity Cleve Adams, CEO, Site 1001 (AI and big data based smart building company) Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President – Cybersecurity Solutions Group, Microsoft Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA Businesses and states depend on effective cybersecurity. This book will help you to arm and inform yourself on what you need to know to keep your business – or your country – safe.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) be Trusted to Run Cybersecurity?
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Cybersecurity in the Cloud – What You Need to Know

One of the major technology trends of recent years has been the migration to "cloud computing" – that is, rather than businesses owning and hosting all of the equipment and data centers needed to run their information systems, they effectively outsource the responsibility for the infrastructure to others. Businesses may utilize virtual machines on rented servers sitting at a third-party provider, or may use Software as a Service – paying to use third-party web-based applications rather than have to implement similar systems in house. They may sync and store files at a remote provider, or backup to a cloud-based provider using software that automatically runs and manages the backup processes. Of course, these four examples are just a few of the many exciting advances that cloud computing has created.

Additionally, cloud computing has clearly brought tremendous entrepreneurial benefits to the...