Emerging Application of Technology
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Emerging Application of Technology
Added on 2019-09-25
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Technology Review #2: Emerging Application of Technology in a Critical InfrastructureObjectiveThe purpose of this technology review is to identify, discuss, and evaluate the cybersecurity implications of an emerging application of technology in the context of a critical infrastructure sector. Your selected technology may be hardware, software, or systems that rely upon both hardware and software. Your research will also include an examination of the cybersecurity implications of using this technology in critical infrastructures. This type of research is also referred to as a survey of the literature. Allowable sources for your literature survey are journal articles, papers published in conference proceedings, and research studies published in dissertations. Overview Your audience is a group of senior executives who will be meeting to decide which emerging applications of technologies should be selected for a security-focused, Internal Research & Developmentprojects during the next budget cycle. Each of these executives is responsible for developing products and systems that support next generation systems in the nation’s critical infrastructure sectors. The high-level visibility for your deliverable means that you need to start from a strong foundation of suitable research-based journal articles, papers published in conference proceedings, and doctoral dissertations. The basic question that must be answered about the selected technology is:what are the cybersecurity implications (good or bad) for the selected critical infrastructure sector? In addition, the executives have expressed the following information needs, which must be met by the deliverable for this assignment:(a)characteristics of the critical infrastructure, (b)characteristics of the technology, (c)use of the technology to support or improve cybersecurity, (d)use of the technology to reduce or manage risk, (e)use of the technology to increase resistance to threats/attacks, (f)use of the technology to decrease vulnerabilities in an existing technology application, (g)use or exploitation of the technology by attackers, criminals, terrorists, etc. to accomplish their goals.InstructionsFormat your deliverable as a “descriptive or informative” annotated bibliography. The UMUC library provides information about how to complete this type of assignment. See http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_apa.cfm (sub-heading “To get started”). In addition to the list of sources and annotations, you must provide an introductory paragraph. Copyright © 2017 by University of Maryland University College. All rights reserved.
See the rubric for additional requirements for this assignment.Before you begin your research and writing, review the grading rubric attached to the Assignment Folderentry for this assignment. The rubric provides specific information about content and formatting requirements. After you have reviewed the rubric, follow the instructions provided below.Choose a Critical Infrastructure Sector“There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof” (Department of Homeland Security, 2016, p.1).Choose a critical infrastructure sector to focus your technology review. For definitions of critical infrastructures, see https://www.dhs.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors. You may wish to choose your emerging application of technology first and then select an appropriate critical infrastructure in which your selected technology can be applied or deployed. Choose an Emerging Application of TechnologyChoose an emerging application of technology that can be used in the computers, digital devices, and other electronic / electrical technologies (including networks and network infrastructures) that are deployed in or used to build, operate, support, or maintain a critical infrastructure sector (e.g. utilities, pipelines, transportation, smart cities, etc.). Suggested technologies include:Autonomous Vehicles (ground, sea, or air): Transportation Systems SectorCrypto Currencies: Financial Services Sector (DO NOT CHOOSE Bitcoins)Deep Space Communication Networks: Communications SectorImplantable Medical Devices: Healthcare and Public Health SectorPrecision Agriculture (integrated systems using satellite imagery, GPS, Sensors, Robots): Food & Agriculture Sector Robot inspectors for physical infrastructures (buildings, roads, railways, pipelines, etc.): Multiple Sectors Smart Grid (also called Advanced Metering Infrastructure): Energy Sector Wearable Sensors for Hazardous Materials Detection (e.g. CBRNE): Emergency Services SectorYou are encouraged to look for and investigate additional appropriate technologies before deciding upon your technology choice for this assignment.Copyright © 2017 by University of Maryland University College. All rights reserved.
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