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The Impact of the Advanced Technologies over the Cyber Attacks Surface

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Artificial Intelligence and Bioinspired Computational Methods (CSOC 2020)

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The article explores the changes are occurring in the security of the information and communication systems as a result of a state-of-the-art-technologies usage. The research is centered over the impact of new technologies on the cyber attack surface. The focus is on the synergy of a set of advanced technologies with existing digital environment and the consequences for cyber security particularly on the cyber attack surface extension. The study summarizes the evidences for increasing the surface area for attacks due to the advent of the listed advanced technologies. Explores how emerging technologies complicate cyber protection, introducing new risks as consequence from increasing possibilities for malicious threats. Indicate guidelines about future research related to refinement of legislation that is intended to regulate the cyber-physical world.

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The research is supported by the KoMEIN Project (Conceptual Modelling and Simulation of Internet of Things Ecosystems) funded by the Bulgarian National Science Foundation, Competition for financial support of fundamental research (2016) under the thematic priority: Mathematical Sciences and Informatics, contract DN02/1/13.12.2016.

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Dimitrov, W. (2020). The Impact of the Advanced Technologies over the Cyber Attacks Surface. In: Silhavy, R. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Bioinspired Computational Methods. CSOC 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1225. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51971-1_42

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