Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape

The life sciences now interface broadly with information technology (IT) and cybersecurity. This convergence is a key driver in the explosion of biotechnology research and its industrial applications in health care, agriculture, manufacturing, automation, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biolo...

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Main Authors: Lauren C. Richardson, Nancy D. Connell, Stephen M. Lewis, Eleonore Pauwels, Randy S. Murch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00099/full
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author Lauren C. Richardson
Nancy D. Connell
Stephen M. Lewis
Eleonore Pauwels
Randy S. Murch
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description The life sciences now interface broadly with information technology (IT) and cybersecurity. This convergence is a key driver in the explosion of biotechnology research and its industrial applications in health care, agriculture, manufacturing, automation, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology. As the information and handling mechanisms for biological materials have become increasingly digitized, many market sectors are now vulnerable to threats at the digital interface. This growing landscape will be addressed by cyberbiosecurity, the emerging field at the convergence of both the life sciences and IT disciplines. This manuscript summarizes the current cyberbiosecurity landscape, identifies existing vulnerabilities, and calls for formalized collaboration across a swath of disciplines to develop frameworks for early response systems to anticipate, identify, and mitigate threats in this emerging domain.
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spelling doaj.art-a55af777c9f542739b156801f14d40bc2022-12-21T20:36:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-41852019-06-01710.3389/fbioe.2019.00099451363Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat LandscapeLauren C. Richardson0Nancy D. Connell1Stephen M. Lewis2Eleonore Pauwels3Randy S. Murch4Merrick & Co., Arlington, VA, United StatesJohns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United StatesMerrick & Co., Arlington, VA, United StatesWilson Center Science and Technology Innovation Program, The Wilson Center, Washington, DC, United StatesVirginia Tech Research Center, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, VA, United StatesThe life sciences now interface broadly with information technology (IT) and cybersecurity. This convergence is a key driver in the explosion of biotechnology research and its industrial applications in health care, agriculture, manufacturing, automation, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology. As the information and handling mechanisms for biological materials have become increasingly digitized, many market sectors are now vulnerable to threats at the digital interface. This growing landscape will be addressed by cyberbiosecurity, the emerging field at the convergence of both the life sciences and IT disciplines. This manuscript summarizes the current cyberbiosecurity landscape, identifies existing vulnerabilities, and calls for formalized collaboration across a swath of disciplines to develop frameworks for early response systems to anticipate, identify, and mitigate threats in this emerging domain.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00099/fullbiosecuritycybersecuritycyberbiosecuritylife sciencesbioeconomybioinformatics
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Nancy D. Connell
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Randy S. Murch
Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape
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biosecurity
cybersecurity
cyberbiosecurity
life sciences
bioeconomy
bioinformatics
title Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape
title_full Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape
title_fullStr Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape
title_full_unstemmed Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape
title_short Cyberbiosecurity: A Call for Cooperation in a New Threat Landscape
title_sort cyberbiosecurity a call for cooperation in a new threat landscape
topic biosecurity
cybersecurity
cyberbiosecurity
life sciences
bioeconomy
bioinformatics
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00099/full
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