Chapter 1

Understanding the Past and Present Cyber-Information World Environment

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to provide a general overview of the cyber-information-dominated and information-technology-dependent and constantly changing global environment in which the cyber security officer must work.

Keywords

Communications technology; Cost-effective cyber security program; Cyber information; Cyber security officers; Cyberspace; Global information infrastructure (GII); Internet-enabled communications; National information infrastructure (NII); Off-ramp

This is a terrible time of unwanted liberties

Sandy Nichol1

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