TY - GEN
T1 - Building the ideal cyber counterintelligence dream team
AU - Jaquire, Victor
AU - Duvenage, Petrus
AU - Von Solms, Sebastian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - “Years ago, small groups working together ‘or lone wolves (ninjas)’ were the ones who hacked into systems. The days of old have come and gone, and the criminals are now working together without fear of impunity more than ever” [Bodmer et al, 2012]. Bodmer et al [2012] also indicate that this situation is true for both the hacker and the defender, “as it is easier and safer to work in numbers on the Internet, especially since evidence collection and attribution are so difficult for all involved parties”. In a real world scenario where appropriate cyber counterintelligence (CCI) human resources are scarce and/or expensive and where limited relevant educational sources are available, it is imperative to identify the necessary people, teams and skills to anthropomorphise and mature the CCI effort in order to achieve an organisation’s strategic CCI objectives. In a world where suitable cyber related human resources are scarce and expensive, the process of identifying and building an appropriate, cost effective and functional CCI dream team is essential to ensure that an organisation's’ CCI strategic initiatives are achieved. This paper contributes to the series of previous papers on cyber counterintelligence (CCI) maturity. It aims to add to the emerging considerations on CCI through a discussion on a process of building an ideal CCI dream team as part of an organisation's CCI maturity. It highlights the effectiveness of cybersecurity when incorporating it in an integrated CCI approach. It further deliberates an integrative approach of CCI practices in conjunction with traditional defensive and/or offensive cyber measures in order to leverage on, and further develop existing skilled people. Lastly, it culminates in the discussion of the high level functions required within a CCI environment, setting the basis for putting together the ideal dream team as part of the establishment and / or maturity of a CCI capability that can be tailored for a government and/or private sector environment alike.
AB - “Years ago, small groups working together ‘or lone wolves (ninjas)’ were the ones who hacked into systems. The days of old have come and gone, and the criminals are now working together without fear of impunity more than ever” [Bodmer et al, 2012]. Bodmer et al [2012] also indicate that this situation is true for both the hacker and the defender, “as it is easier and safer to work in numbers on the Internet, especially since evidence collection and attribution are so difficult for all involved parties”. In a real world scenario where appropriate cyber counterintelligence (CCI) human resources are scarce and/or expensive and where limited relevant educational sources are available, it is imperative to identify the necessary people, teams and skills to anthropomorphise and mature the CCI effort in order to achieve an organisation’s strategic CCI objectives. In a world where suitable cyber related human resources are scarce and expensive, the process of identifying and building an appropriate, cost effective and functional CCI dream team is essential to ensure that an organisation's’ CCI strategic initiatives are achieved. This paper contributes to the series of previous papers on cyber counterintelligence (CCI) maturity. It aims to add to the emerging considerations on CCI through a discussion on a process of building an ideal CCI dream team as part of an organisation's CCI maturity. It highlights the effectiveness of cybersecurity when incorporating it in an integrated CCI approach. It further deliberates an integrative approach of CCI practices in conjunction with traditional defensive and/or offensive cyber measures in order to leverage on, and further develop existing skilled people. Lastly, it culminates in the discussion of the high level functions required within a CCI environment, setting the basis for putting together the ideal dream team as part of the establishment and / or maturity of a CCI capability that can be tailored for a government and/or private sector environment alike.
KW - Cyber counterintelligence
KW - Cyber counterintelligence maturity
KW - Cyber threat intelligence
KW - Defensive
KW - Dream team
KW - Offensive cybersecurity
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050794631
T3 - European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS
SP - 224
EP - 232
BT - Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2018
A2 - Josang, Audun
PB - Curran Associates Inc.
T2 - 17th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2018
Y2 - 28 June 2018 through 29 June 2018
ER -