| Abstrakt: |
Biotechnology's use in each aspect of our society is expanding rapidly with great importance in medicine, agriculture, and forensics. Towards the future as a means of data storage, computation, and authentication, it is quickly overlapping with the cyberworld. Through exploratory research and conversations stemming from thereof, it is believed that this intersection could become a major front of 21stst century conflicts. This overlap of domains occurs in the field of biocybersecurity, alternatively known as cyberbiosecurity, which is an increasingly attractive intersection for exploitation. This field exposes and offers additional routes of vulnerabilities to be addressed strategically by groups around the world, from mere individuals to state-level actors, with varying resources and depths of investment. These vulnerabilities in biocybersecurity, worldwide, can result in vast costs of lives and money if not properly addressed, while at the same time, opening doors to new ways of utilizing technology at this intersection. It behooves the United States' Government, especially its Department of Defense (DoD) to increasingly consider how biocybersecurity presents a unique and deserving front for attention and defense, especially with the potential for applications of exploitation in new forms of cyberwarfare and bioterrorism from rival and otherwise opposing powers. Furthermore, it challenges us to consider biocybersecurity's evolution and role to play in upcoming events. Therefore, this paper aims to explore some means by which biocybersecurity will do so and how it may be addressed. It is hoped that this will be helpful in future conversations towards biocybersecurity policy developments and implementations, especially towards building and maintaining resiliency in efforts to keep the world safe and competitive in the years to come. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
