The CISO’s Next Frontier: AI, Post-Quantum Cryptography and Advanced Security Paradigms - Hardcover

Badhwar, Raj

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030753530 ISBN 13: 9783030753535

Publisher: Springer, 2021

Synopsis

This book provides an advanced understanding of cyber threats as well as the risks companies are facing. It includes a detailed analysis of many technologies and approaches important to decreasing, mitigating or remediating those threats and risks. Cyber security technologies discussed in this book are futuristic and current. Advanced security topics such as secure remote work, data security, network security, application and device security, cloud security, and cyber risk and privacy are presented in this book. At the end of every chapter, an evaluation of the topic from a CISO’s perspective is provided. This book also addresses quantum computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning for cyber security

The opening chapters describe the power and danger of quantum computing, proposing two solutions for protection from probable quantum computer attacks:  the tactical enhancement of existing algorithms to make them quantum-resistant, and the strategic implementation of quantum-safe algorithms and cryptosystems. The following chapters make the case for using supervised and unsupervised AI/ML to develop predictive, prescriptive, cognitive and auto-reactive threat detection, mitigation, and remediation capabilities against advanced attacks perpetrated by sophisticated threat actors, APT and polymorphic/metamorphic malware.

CISOs must be concerned about current on-going sophisticated cyber-attacks, and can address them with advanced security measures. The latter half of this book discusses some current sophisticated cyber-attacks and available protective measures enabled by the advancement of cybersecurity capabilities in various IT domains. Chapters 6-10 discuss secure remote work; chapters 11-17, advanced data security paradigms; chapters 18-28, Network Security; chapters 29-35, application and device security; chapters 36-39, Cloud security; and chapters 40-46 organizational cyber risk measurementand event probability.

Security and IT engineers, administrators and developers, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and CFOs will want to purchase this book. Risk personnel, CROs, IT and Security Auditors as well as security researchers and journalists will also find this useful.

About this title

About the Author

Raj Badhwar has 25+ years of experience within the Cybersecurity and IT industry. He is currently the CISO for Voya Financial, and has previously held senior Security and IT leadership roles at AIG, BAE Systems Inc., Bank of America, Time Warner Cable, AOL Time Warner, and Sprint. 

Raj is a currently a director and secretary of the board of the National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC). He also serves on the cybersecurity advisory boards of Pace University, Rutgers University, and Ithaca College; the customer advisory board for Venafi; and the CISO advisory council for Infosys. 

Raj is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP), a certified ethical hacker (CEH), and a FINRA licensed securities professional (Series 99). He has co-authored 14 security patents, and has written and presented in the areas of advanced encryption, post-quantum cryptography, zero trust networks, cloud security pat-terns, and secure remote work paradigms. He has also been inter-viewed as a cybersecurity subject matter expert by WSJ. Raj is proficient in three languages, and conversant in another three languages. 

Raj graduated from George Washington University (GWU) with an MS in Information Systems Technology and also holds a BS in Electrical and Electronics engineering from Karnatak University. Raj is an alumnus of St Francis College, Lucknow.

From the Back Cover

This book provides an advanced understanding of cyber threats as well as the risks companies are facing. It includes a detailed analysis of many technologies and approaches important to decreasing, mitigating or remediating those threats and risks. Cyber security technologies discussed in this book are futuristic and current. Advanced security topics such as secure remote work, data security, network security, application and device security, cloud security, and cyber risk and privacy are presented in this book. At the end of every chapter, an evaluation of the topic from a CISO’s perspective is provided. This book also addresses quantum computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning for cyber security

The opening chapters describe the power and danger of quantum computing, proposing two solutions for protection from probable quantum computer attacks:  the tactical enhancement of existing algorithms to make them quantum-resistant, and the strategic implementation of quantum-safe algorithms and cryptosystems. The following chapters make the case for using supervised and unsupervised AI/ML to develop predictive, prescriptive, cognitive and auto-reactive threat detection, mitigation, and remediation capabilities against advanced attacks perpetrated by sophisticated threat actors, APT and polymorphic/metamorphic malware.

CISOs must be concerned about current on-going sophisticated cyber-attacks, and can address them with advanced security measures. The latter half of this book discusses some current sophisticated cyber-attacks and available protective measures enabled by the advancement of cybersecurity capabilities in various IT domains. Chapters 6-10 discuss secure remote work; chapters 11-17, advanced data security paradigms; chapters 18-28, Network Security; chapters 29-35, application and device security; chapters 36-39, Cloud security; and chapters 40-46 organizational cyber risk measurement and event probability.

Security and IT engineers, administrators and developers, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and CFOs will want to purchase this book. Risk personnel, CROs, IT and Security Auditors as well as security researchers and journalists will also find this useful.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030753530
• ISBN 13: 9783030753535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 430