Plugged In: Cybersecurity In The Modern Age (gatorbytes)
by Jon Silman /
2017 / English / EPUB
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The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the
power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of
society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the
state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the
power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of
society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the
state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our increasingly
interconnected and networked lives. Recent estimates predict that
worldwide the number of connected devices―everything from computers
and mobile phones to traffic cameras and pacemakers―will reach 50
billion by 2050. That number is staggering and so are the
vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our increasingly
interconnected and networked lives. Recent estimates predict that
worldwide the number of connected devices―everything from computers
and mobile phones to traffic cameras and pacemakers―will reach 50
billion by 2050. That number is staggering and so are the
vulnerabilities.
Networked devices like smart thermostats and TVs need to be easily
accessible, but they also need to be secure. The more access points
a device like a self-driving car has, the more susceptible points
adversaries―cyberterrorists or hackers―can attack. Yet device
manufacturers mostly favor usability, and security is all too often
sacrificed.
Networked devices like smart thermostats and TVs need to be easily
accessible, but they also need to be secure. The more access points
a device like a self-driving car has, the more susceptible points
adversaries―cyberterrorists or hackers―can attack. Yet device
manufacturers mostly favor usability, and security is all too often
sacrificed.
At the University of Florida some of the brightest minds in
cybersecurity-related fields have teamed together to form the
Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research. From industry,
academe, and government, members of FICS Research collaborate and
bring together expertise in all aspects of cybersecurity and
assurance, including hardware, network, mobile, big data, the
Internet of Things (IoT), applied cryptography, social sciences,
law, and more.
At the University of Florida some of the brightest minds in
cybersecurity-related fields have teamed together to form the
Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research. From industry,
academe, and government, members of FICS Research collaborate and
bring together expertise in all aspects of cybersecurity and
assurance, including hardware, network, mobile, big data, the
Internet of Things (IoT), applied cryptography, social sciences,
law, and more.
In Plugged In, we meet the men and women at the Florida Institute
for Cybersecurity Research who have devoted their careers to
studying and staying one step ahead of the bad guys.
In Plugged In, we meet the men and women at the Florida Institute
for Cybersecurity Research who have devoted their careers to
studying and staying one step ahead of the bad guys.
The stories chronicled in GATORBYTES span all colleges and units
across the UF campus. They detail the far-reaching impact of UF’s
research, technologies, and innovations―and the UF faculty members
dedicated to them. Gatorbytes describe how UF is continuing to
build on its strengths and extend the reach of its efforts so that
it can help even more people in even more places.
The stories chronicled in GATORBYTES span all colleges and units
across the UF campus. They detail the far-reaching impact of UF’s
research, technologies, and innovations―and the UF faculty members
dedicated to them. Gatorbytes describe how UF is continuing to
build on its strengths and extend the reach of its efforts so that
it can help even more people in even more places.