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News | July 31, 2018

Operationalizing Cybersecurity — Framing Efforts to Secure U.S. Information Systems

By Dr. Dawn Dunkerley Goss

Society has become utterly dependent on information systems (IS) to power everyday life. While this seismic shift has taken place, the security of those IS and their consequential information assets has not taken a front seat alongside innovation, resulting in breaches of trust and loss of corporate goodwill. Organizations are struggling to find an effective approach that encompasses not just technical aspects of cybersecurity, but also improves people and processes. This article will define, discuss, and operationalize the technical, semantic, and effectiveness aspects of cybersecurity and their application into the organizational construct.

 

Operationalizing Cybersecurity —Framing Efforts to Secure U.S. Information Systems