Small-Scale Cyber Security
Emma Osborn and Andrew Simpson
Proceedings of the 2nd International IEEE CSCloud Conference
November 2015 conference paper
The nature of cyberspace continues to evolve, and so do the associated threats. The focus of the cyber security industry is typically (and understandably) on high-value assets. However, there is a large user group intersecting with corporate and government IT users, which lacks the resources -- in terms of finance, time and/or knowledge -- to deal with the threats that they face. We argue that greater attention needs to be given to this user group, differentiating these small-scale IT users when thinking about cyber security. Going further, we argue that it is essential that the research community starts to give consideration to what we term Small-Scale Cyber Security. To this end, we describe the results of an initial feasibility study, as well as a research agenda for tackling this cross-disciplinary problem.