What brought about my innovation for my dissertation topic

 

Hello professor and class. My topic was originally discovered or created because there were a lot of trojans, and penetration attacks in the beginning where cyber criminals would try to get through a network firewall. It first began with legacy systems like intrusion detection and prevention systems and then matured into manual network scanners that scan for viruses and malware on network devices.  Cyber security started with attacks from college students and people who were obsessed with the internet in the 1970\s. 80’s, and 90’s. Cyber attacks have evolved over the years and the frequency has dramatically increased, which is causing a loss of profits in business and governments. These problems have been a driving force in the creation of an integrated cyber security system with the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to help adapt to changing attack methods used by cyber criminals.

Artificial intelligence has been around for years. People have a fear that this technology is a “black box” or unknown or difficult to understand technology. This brought about the concept of XAI or explainable artificial intelligence. This technology can help create a technological platform that can describe to the user all the actions it is taking to create clarity and trust between the user and the AI integrated cyber security technology. It helps to narrow down the topic. I researched old attacks where thumb drives are brought into a building disguised as an innocent rubber ducky toy with a thumb drive with malicious software inside embedded or concealed in the toy. These attacks can still happen intentionally and unintentionally though company insiders and disgruntled employees who have authorization to enter network accounts and access to the information system.

A driving force is law enforcement to prevent and predict cyber-crime. Another driving force is the financial and banking industry. If people’s money and financial information are better protected it will prevent huge losses and reduce a nation state’s national debt. This type of attack is beneficial to the network professional because it can be used to reduce long work hours, stress, and help educate employees of new evolving threats to their information system that occur daily through network logs and AI’s user behavior and data analysis. I would appreciate it if I got feedback from this post. Your response to what I wrote would help contribute to my learning experience. To add to what I wrote. A lust for technological change can be a driving force because it causes people to want to be to the first to try a new product of invention of their time period or era.