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Cybersecurity Data Science (Springer)
October 6, 2021
Cybersecurity Data Science: Best Practices in an Emerging Profession https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030748951 This book encompasses a systematic exploration of Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS) as an emerging profession, focusing on current versus idealized practice. This book also analyzes challenges facing the emerging CSDS profession, diagnoses key gaps, and prescribes treatments to facilitate advancement. Grounded in the management […]
Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS) Corpus
April 12, 2020

OVERVIEW For those interested in the rapidly emerging field of cybersecurity data science (CSDS), below is a corpus of 33 book-length works. The list covers publications going back to 2001, although two-thirds of the works (22 out of 33) were published in the last five years (2016 to 2020). The works cover a broad range […]
Cybersecurity Research Datasets
November 18, 2019

A challenging aspect of cybersecurity data science (CSDS) concerns a lack of labeled datasets which record incidents and attacks. Such data is necessary for understanding attack vectors and for training and validating predictive models. A number of cybersecurity research datasets are now available and should be of interest to researchers and practitioners: • CSE-CIC-IDS2018 on […]
What is Cybersecurity Data Science?
October 11, 2019

Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS) is a rapidly emerging profession focused on applying data science to prevent, detect, and remediate expanding and evolving cybersecurity threats. CSDS is increasingly formally recognized as a cybersecurity job specialty, for instance in the NIST NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. A proposed CSDS definition derived from multiple sources: CSDS is the practice of […]
Wait… is data science even a thing?
April 28, 2019

Among my greatly respected global colleagues and friends on LinkedIn, there seem to be persistent, circular debates concerning the nature and viability of the data science profession. Opinions seem to run the gamut from ‘data science is the best thing since sliced bread and will take over the world’ to ‘data science is a weak, […]
Dataversity: Cybersecurity Data Science – Minding the Growing Gap
March 16, 2019
See full article on Dataversity By Scott Mongeau on March 8, 2019 Following cybersecurity Data Science best practices can help beleaguered and resource-strapped security teams transform Big Data into smart data for better anomaly detection and enterprise protection. Future Shock: Growing Vulnerabilities and Liabilities The consequences of ignoring security challenges are rising. According to the Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity […]
Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS): How Not to Drown in Your Cyber Data Lake!
December 3, 2018

Future Shock: Growing Vulnerabilities and Liabilities Cybersecurity data science (CSDS) brings hope to organizations challenged by evolving cyber threats. A rapidly developing field, CSDS utilizes advanced analytics to address security gaps in an increasingly data-driven, interconnected world. The consequences of ignoring security challenges are rising. According to the Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, over half of cyber-attacks resulted in […]
Answers to Questions on Data Science (Quora)
October 21, 2018

Answers to Questions on Data Science (Quora) Quora (https://www.quora.com/) is a great platform to get direct answers from global voices on a broad range of topics. Over the past five years I have posted a number of answers to questions concerning data science: How do data scientists build trust in their work with their business […]
Open Call: Cybersecurity Data Scientist Practitioner Research
October 20, 2018

October 20th, 2018 Dear Cybersecurity Data Scientist Colleague, For an academic research publication, I am interviewing cybersecurity data scientists concerning practitioner perceptions of trends, challenges, and best practices. I would be greatly appreciative should you be willing to contribute to the community via a 30 minute interview. LIST OF QUESTIONS TO BE COVERED (open response […]
December 18, 2022
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