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Cybersecurity, Computer and Information Security

Due to the widespread use of ICT and the strengthening of the fourth industrial revolution, information flows abundantly and has become more complex to manage, structure, and protect. This chapter provides a space for the academic community, together with industry and other organizations, to identify cyber threats and propose risk reduction mechanisms by applying models, methodologies, standards, laws, frameworks, and security best practices.

Objectives

  • Promote research and innovation around solutions to computer threats and strengthening vulnerability management and risk reduction.
  • Establish control mechanism proposals that allow organizations, academia, and individuals to find the right balance regarding security.
  • Explore cooperation mechanisms with other interest groups, communities, and national/international entities to support solutions or form security incident response teams.
  • Promote a space for healthy discussion on local, national, or global issues around cybersecurity and information security.
  • Foster spaces for the academic community to contribute, develop, and propose solutions to security problems through symposia, workshops, courses, webinars, conferences, and scientific articles.

Areas of interest

Access control: identification, authentication, authorization, traceabilityNetwork, perimeter, operating system, database, application, and device securityIoT security, Fog Computing, and cloud securityComputer forensicsCryptography and cryptanalysisApplication of AI, statistical models, and Blockchain in securityHacking techniques and vulnerability managementMalware analysisIT, OT, and CT securitySecurity models, standards, and best practicesDigital responsibility, ethical and legal considerations in computer securitySecurity culture, education, and awareness plansRisk management, compliance, and auditingBusiness continuity, contingency plans, and resilience managementSecurity incident handling, response teams, monitoring, and prevention

Coordinator

Héctor Fernando Vargas Montoya

Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano – ITM

hectorvargas@itm.edu.co