Cyber-Security and Sustainable Development: The Case of Dubai

Abstract

In the Security and Information Analysis community, OSINT (Open Sources of Information Knowledge) plays an essential role for national security, for its insight but also contextual process. OSINT is of low cost in acquiring information and can have its valuable use. Morally and ethically, it helps share information and knowledge, avoiding “whistleblowers.” Many analysts today use among other sources open internet information sources, to draw materials that may be used for analysis or practical purposes, among them, cyber-materials, market software, conference proceedings, journals, books, profiles of people, and methodologies of advanced technical and/or technological information and open-source reports from think tanks or major institutions/organizations.

OSINT provides the theoretical assumption that information and flow of information do not have to be secret. Rather we argue that information needs to be practical and valuable. Open data collection is categorized in disciplines and subdisciplines. Whether we blog, browse, watch, or read specialized sources of information, we are supplied with an endless open pool of information that before we use, we need to examine, evaluate, and understand whether this is valuable and of practical use.

In an age and level of cyber-security, with which chapter will be concentrating on, is the knowledge transfer, information analysis and adoption of smart technologies, OSINT sources are deemed as important. Their validity and value of acquiring information and creating strategies and tactics based from techniques and procedures (TTPs) that can of value, an asset for enhanced safety and growth.

This chapter examines, analyzes, and elaborates the importance of cyber-security at the level of open sources, in an era of cyber-security, creativity, and sustainability, when applied in smart cities such as Dubai. The paper will process, evaluate, interpret, and analyze security, at an age of security resilience, at a time of development of mega and smart cities that need to among others be protected and thus assume future methods of decision-making importance.

Open sources are valued well, in the security and information security community. Futuristic smart cities such as the city of Dubai use extensively technology and network processes for intelligence and information structural formation. The chapter argues that a creation of big data processing center considering cyber-protection OSINT should create a new framework of security strategy and intelligence gathering information as model source for information at an age of necessary future foresight in security and intelligence affairs but also socioeconomic sustainable growth.

Questions that will be answered in the duration of this research include among others: Can modern smart city models such as the one of Dubai be used to create big data centers for open sources of collection; the aim is to enhance information gathering for safety and security purposes in policies relative to sustainable development and growth. What can the European and US sectors of security information learn through the application of this model? In and through sharing of knowledge and information on protection methods? What will the future hold once big data centers are created and applied? Will they affect positively the growth and security development of the city or cities and enhance security resilience of the state itself?