Climate Change and Cyber-Threats: The Link: Security in Cyberspace and the Climate Creating Resiliency for Organizations and Critical Infrastructures

Climate change and cyber-threats exist in two different dimensions; the outer world of the natural environment and the inner world of Cyberspace. Even though they seem very different they are linked through their anthropogenic origins including the detrimental effects they can have on organizations and establishments like critical infrastructures and the populations they serve. Cyberspace and the climate are linked by the man-made threats they face enabling the use of crossover strategies such as employing cybersecurity for the benefit of climate change security. There are several approaches to improving the cybersecurity and climate change security and resiliency in organizations and establishments like critical infrastructures. They are: 1.) Employ a multilayered, defense in-depth approach to security rather than relying on perimeter based security strategies, 2.) Do not rely on faulty policies that only focus on compliance standards, 3.) Avoid corner cutting in training and infrastructure development, 4.) Create incentives such as the Carbon Tax and a cybersecurity incentives framework, 5.) Understand the risks of interacting internal and external dependencies and interdependencies in regards to establishments like critical infrastructures, 6.) Use crossover strategies from kali Linux to test organizations and critical infrastructures for both cyber and climate change security and resiliency, 7.) Devise a cyber-climate collaborative effort of groups of people working towards open communication regarding climate change events and cyber-threats.