Interactive Transcript - Enable basic transcript mode by pressing the escape key

You may navigate through the transcript using tab. To save a note for a section of
text press CTRL + S. To expand your selection you may use CTRL + arrow key. You may
contract your selection using shift + CTRL + arrow key. For screen readers that are
incompatible with using arrow keys for shortcuts, you can replace them with the H J
K L keys. Some screen readers may require using CTRL in conjunction with the alt
key Play video starting at ::8 and follow transcript0:08 Hi, my name's Dr. Charles
Harry from the University of Maryland, and this is Cyber Security For Everyone, The
Fundamentals. Cyber security is one of these topics that a lot of people talk
about; you hear it on the news, you hear maybe even some of your friends talking
about it as they read some article in the newspaper. The question is, what are we
talking about? What is cyber security? This question, this fundamental question is
an area that frankly, many of us are confused about. How can we maybe demystify
this subject? That's the goal of this course. We will talk about what do we mean by
cyber security? Maybe the first place that we should focus on, is really a
definition. What do we mean by cyber security? It's usually a good place to start.
The way I like to think about cyber security is to break it down into individual
words. Let's define those words, and maybe we can get a better way to think about
this problem before we start our long journey on talking about the threat actors
that are out there, the Internet, all the various tools and techniques that hackers
use. Let's start off with the very first word, cyber. What do we mean by cyber? If
we take a look adjusted, your normal dictionary, something like the Webster's
Dictionary. We get some definition that looks like this, of relating to or
involving computers or computer networks. That sounds reasonable. Because when we
think about cyber, we tend to think of the person in their parents basement with
the hoodie over their head, working away on their laptop, some brilliant hacker. Of
course, cyber has to be about technology. Is it only about the technology? That's
the question. In fact, when you take a look at some of the historical
representations and definitions of cyber, we get a slightly different view. Let's
define the term cyber. How is cyber different than other terms that we often hear?
Terms like information assurance or information security, or even things like
cybernetics, or computer security, or something is generic as IT security. How is
cyber different? If we actually explore this term, if we explore it and take look
at some of its historical roots, we start to figure out that cyber is actually
something a little bit broader than just the technology. Cyber really evolves
historically, from this larger field. The larger field was often termed way back in
the 1940s, cybernetics, which dealt with the field of controlling communications
theory, whether in machine or in the animal. That sounds like a really, really
strange quote, but what we're talking about here is not just about technology, not
just about the machine. We're also talking about the animal or the people. This
term, starting all the way back in 1948, evolves and morphs itself over the years.
Eventually becomes popularized in a novel Neuromancer then maybe some of you have
actually read or had the opportunity to review in the past. But this ability to
blend technology with people is what starts to make cyber different than IT
security or computer security. It's broader. It's this confluence between
technology, human beings, and human organizations that really make it different.
That's why we talk about cyber instead of IT security or computer security. It's
different. It's about this complex system and this interplay between technology,
people, and organizations. Yes, cyber is about technology. That's something that
we're going to talk a lot about through this course. We have to talk about things
like laptops, application servers, databases, smartphones, sensors, networks, and
even autonomous cars. Something that we're looking forward to over the next 10 to
15 years. But cyber is also about the humans. It's not simply about technology.
It's about the hobbyists, the people who just enjoy playing around with technology.
It's about the social activists that are out there who might want to leverage
computers and their insight into organizations, how to advance their personal
agenda and their organization's agenda. It's also about criminal syndicates who
want to leverage technology and their insights about people in their failings in
order to obtain more money. It's about intelligence operatives. People who work on
behalf of other nations, who are interested in understanding a variety of secrets
about other nations. It's about the technologists, the people who are deeply
embedded in the technology who want to defend networks. It's certainly about the
policy makers, the people who have to make the rules, the people who help govern in
this space. Certainly it's about corporate executives and corporate leadership.
They're the ones making decisions about where to spend their scarce resources to
defend networks. Cyber is not simply about technology, it's also about the humans,
but cyber is also about the organizations. Things like corporations and water
treatment facilities, electric companies, maritime transport companies, rail and
certainly nuclear power plants, and many, many more. It's not simply about the
technology, it's not just about the computers and the software, that's running on
those devices. It's more than just the humans that are operating those particular
machines, but they both come together in a broader set of organizations, and that
matters. It matters because when we talk about things like an attack surface, the
broad array of devices and vulnerabilities that hackers leverage and exploit. We
have to think about humans and machines, how they work together to produce a
product or a service. That helps us understand where our vulnerabilities lie and
where the risks are to all of society in some cases. Cyber is complex. Yes, it
includes technology, it's hardware and software running on various devices. But
it's also about the people, technologists, executives, public officials, and the
hackers themselves and their motivations. Finally about the organizations, the
private and public sector. When does a cyber security issue become a public concern
and not simply a private problem? How do we make that determination? These things
come together and it moves us beyond simply evaluating the technology. Cyber is
much more than the ones and zeros that we often hear about in popular media. It's
about the confluence between technology, humans, and organizations. It is not stand
alone. We need to think about this holistically. If we wanted to come up with a
working definition of cyber, and certainly there are lots of different definitions
that exist. One in particular that I'd like is from the Public Safety Board of
Canada. It really emphasizes this interaction between humans and technology. The
idea is that there's an electronic world that's interconnected, filled with
networks of information technology. But in addition, it's a global commons where
people are linked together to exchange ideas, services, and friendship. I think at
the heart of this definition, it highlights what we've just been talking about,
which is that cyber is a issue of complexity between technology, individuals, and
organizations. In this video, we've talked about the term cyber and how cyber is
much more than simply about the technology. It's about technology, individuals and
organizations working together. In our next video, we're going to talk about what
we mean by security. See you next time.
The transcript you've shared dives into the complexities of cybersecurity, focusing
on the interplay between technology, people, and organizations. It emphasizes that
cybersecurity isn't just about technical aspects but also involves human behaviors,
motivations, and organizational structures. Here's a brief summary of the key
points:

Key Points from the Transcript:

Historical Context: Cyber stems from the 1940s concept of cybernetics, blending
technology and human factors.

Broader Scope: Cybersecurity is about the confluence of technology, humans, and

Components of Cybersecurity: It includes technologists, policymakers, executives,

Complexity and Interconnection: Involves managing an array of devices, human

Public and Private Sectors: Cyber issues can span beyond private concerns,
impacting public domains.