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标题：The Missing Case of Disinformation from the Cybersecurity Risk Continuum: A Comparative Assessment of Disinformation with Other Cyber Threats
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作者：Kevin Matthe Caramancion ; Yueqi Li ; Elisabeth Dubois 等
期刊名称：Data
印刷版ISSN：2306-5729
出版年度：2022
卷号：7
期号：4
页码：1-18
DOI：10.3390/data7040049
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：This study examines the phenomenon of disinformation as a threat in the realm of cybersecurity. We have analyzed multiple authoritative cybersecurity standards, manuals, handbooks, and literary works. We present the unanimous meaning and construct of the term cyber threat.Our results reveal that although their deﬁnitions are mostly consistent, most of them lack the inclusion of disinformation in their list/glossary of cyber threats. We then proceeded to dissect the phenomenon of disinformation through the lens of cyber threat epistemology; it displays the presence of the necessary elements required (i.e., threat agent, attack vector, target, impact, defense) for its appropriate classiﬁcation. To conjunct this, we have also included an in-depth comparative analysis of disinformation and its similar nature and characteristics with the prevailing and existing cyber threats. We, therefore, argue for its recommendation as an ofﬁcial and actual cyber threat. The signiﬁcance of this paper, beyond the taxonomical correction it recommends, rests in the hope that it inﬂuences future policies and regulations in combatting disinformation and its propaganda.
关键词：disinformation;infodemic;information disorder;cyber threat;cybersecurity;vulnerability