Metadata: The Most Potent Weapon in This Cyberwar: The New Cyber-Kinetic-Meta War

170 Pages·2017·1.274 MB·English

by  James Scott

Metadata: The Most
Potent Weapon in This
Cyberwar
The New Cyber-Kinetic-
Meta War

Author:
James Scott, (Senior
Fellow - Institute for
Critical Infrastructure
Technology)

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CONTENTS
1 | Dragnet Surveillance and
Retroactive Legislation Impede
Cybersecurity
2 | Metadata is the New Exploit
3 | S.J. Res. 34 Allows ISPs to
Undermine National Security and
Privacy
4 | Meta-Exploits Are Hyper-Evolving
an Already Next Generation
Adversarial Landscape
Meta-Exploitation Expedites Nation-
States Attacks on Critical
Infrastructure
Meta-Exploitation of Big Data and
Metadata Augments Extremist
Recruiting
Meta-Exploitation of Niche
Personnel Enables Cyber-Kinetic
Attacks
Meta-Exploitation Unmasks Users
with Psychographic and
Demographic Algorithms
Meta-Exploitation Transforms
Remote Contractors into Insider
Threats
Meta-Exploitation Undermines
Democratic Institutions
Meta-Exploitation Impedes Financial
Systems
Meta-Exploitation Precisely Tailors
Disinformation and Fake News
Meta-Exploitation Disrupts Energy
Systems
Meta-Exploitation Cripples the
Healthcare Sector
5 | The Surveillance State &
Censorship Legislation Conundrum:
Dragnet Surveillance & Censorship
Legislation Will Do Nothing to
Eliminate Cyber Jihad & Lone Wolf
Recruiting
Backdoors for the Good Guys, Means
Backdoors for the Bad Guys
The Rise of the Lone-Wolf Threat &
Ease of Cyber Jihad
The Failed U.K. Surveillance State
Will Become Weaker with
Backdoors and Dragnet Censorship
Legislation
Surveillance is Not Security
Dragnet Surveillance Cannot Stymie
Terrorism, But A.I. Can
Adversaries Will Exploit Backdoors
and Weakened Encryption
| Conclusion
| Contact Information
| Sources
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