| ID | 191649 |
| Title Proper | Cyber-Biosecurity |
| Other Title Information | an Emerging National Security Frontier |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bhushan, Mrinmayee |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Cyber-Biosecurity, an emerging threat landscape at the intersection of cybersecurity, cyber-physical security and biosecurity has a potential to disrupt economic, social and political well-being of the nation and has tremendous national security implications. All forms of cyber-attacks impact the manufacturing industries, governments, health infrastructure, patients and bio-economy at large. Rapidly evolving Cyber-Biosecurity threat landscape has potential to disrupt the rapid growth of Indian bio-economy by compromising data security and intellectual property, disrupting manufacturing operations and supply chains resulting in destabilising investor confidence in Indian Bio-economy. Indian National Security Framework too needs to have comprehensive Cyber-Biosecurity policy and infrastructure in place before the biological equivalent of Metasploit becomes commonplace. Some important considerations for the same are the not-so-covert ongoing conflicts in the cyberspace with a probability of boiling over to the Cyber-Biosecurity landscape, and ‘Defend Forward’ as deterrence policy of many nations. India urgently needs to address the need for robust Cyber-Biosecurity legal infrastructure and comprehensive policy formation with the proactive participation of all the stakeholders. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Defence Studies Vol. 17, No.2; Apr-Jun 2023: p.93-119 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Defence StudiesVol: 17 No 2 |
| Key Words | Cyber-Biosecurity ; Emerging National Security Frontier |