- All Journals
- Al-Qadisiyah University
- Basrah University
- Kirkuk University
- Mosul University
- The Iraqi Borad for Medical Specialization
- University of Anbar
- University of Technology
- Al Mustafa University
- Al-Zahraa University for Women
- Alnoor University
- Kunooz University
- Misan University
- Ninevah University
- Tikrit University
- University of Al-Hamdaniya
- University of Kerbala
The Importance of Cyber Security as a Part of The National Security System | ||
| AL-AMEED JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 188-208 | ||
| Author | ||
| ASST.LECU.SAFA MAHDI UBEID AL-WAALI | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research examines the importance of cyber security at the present time after the Intrusion of cyber technology to all life sectors. The unrestricted, un organized and open usage of technology had significantly reflected on people’s life, their security, and their privacy breaking all barriers and trammels shedding effect on the social cultural identity and changing of life manners. Cyber security is an important part of country’s national security systems, It is considered an intellectual demolition tool used widely by enemies to reach the minds of people exporting ideas and information to people's brains. Cyber technology had become a crucial part of people’s life and went even further to be non- relinquished. This research will look over the conception of cyber and cultural security, its formation, and connections to other concepts of soft power. It also studies the reality of cyber security in Iraq and the world, the usage of electronic means in cyber-attacks and smart wars targeting Iraq open space. The Paper will present Examples, and solutions. Suggested solutions will go into two directions: short term tactical and long term strategic solutions aiming to strengthening national defensive cyber systems and achieve high levels of control on the national cyber space. Technology has become an active mean of intellectual terrorism and change of human’s life trends. It reduces time, efforts, and resources and turned the world to be a small ring with easy reach to all its far ends and points. Cyber wars has relied mainly on psycho means with direct and indirect influence or control the public psychology by using soft power tools partially or totally benefiting of ignorance and negligence among some societal groups, those who do not realize the risk of the usage of electronic devices, communications and internet. Iraq is suffering of control loss due to lack of policies and absence of restrictions lead to easy access of intruders to the minds of people building mental images and causing intellectual confusion deforming the human cultural identity. From another side cyber technologies can have a lot of merits and positive impact if used correctly, and efficiently in a way that serves the national goals supporting the defensive, precautionary cyber security systems. This in which creates an awareness of electronic threats and risks and set up an intellectual boundaries to protect the institutional, human, national identity, cultural values and cultural security through solid intellectual and cultural immunity knowledge. The research will end concluding couple of suggestions, recommendations and solutions forming a future work plan to control, manage cyber risks and protect the national cultural identity. | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 157 PDF Download: 134 |
||