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Cyber Resilience – Fundamentals for a Definition

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New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 353))

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This short paper examines the concept of cyber resilience from an organizational perspective. Cyber resilience is defined as “the ability to continuously deliver the intended outcome despite adverse cyber events”, and this definition is systematically described and justified. The fundamental building blocks of cyber resilience are identified and analyzed through the contrasting of cyber resilience against cybersecurity with regards to five central characteristics.

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  1. Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Forum 100, SE-164 40, Kista, Sweden

    Fredrik Björck, Martin Henkel, Janis Stirna & Jelena Zdravkovic

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  1. DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Alvaro Rocha

  2. Campus de Campolide, ISEGI, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. DEIS, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  4. DIS, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luis Paulo Reis

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Björck, F., Henkel, M., Stirna, J., Zdravkovic, J. (2015). Cyber Resilience – Fundamentals for a Definition. In: Rocha, A., Correia, A., Costanzo, S., Reis, L. (eds) New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 353. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1_31

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