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In the post-pandemic era, the advancements in cybersecurity are undergoing massive shifts both in terms of technology and methods. The attackers are becoming more organized and sophisticated, and on the other hand, people and organizations are relying on Internet and online platforms more than ever. The defensive methods and the people working to develop better security solutions were never prepared for this sudden growth in cyberattacks. Artificial intelligence, data science and quantum computing treatments are being readily used for cybersecurity to quickly identify, respond and counter the advanced cyberattacks. Recent research on nature-inspired cybersecurity (NICS) had paved a way for an entirely new way to develop the robust security solutions. The concept of NICS revolves around developing and implementation of an adaptive and more resilient security mechanism which can be fundamentally tolerant to malicious activities while catering the incompleteness, uncertainty and fuzziness of information. NICS attempts to build the cyber defence mechanism by applying nature-inspired approaches like camouflaging, deception, disguise and many more. This chapter will briefly discuss the role of NICS in the upcoming and future methods of cybersecurity along with the key decisions to implement intelligent, adaptive and more effective security solutions. The chapter will also explore and compare the prominent research works in this domain along with the potential future directions.
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Shandilya, S.K. (2022). Nature-Inspired Cybersecurity and Resilience: An Overview. In: Shandilya, S.K., Wagner, N., Gupta, V., Nagar, A.K. (eds) Advances in Nature-Inspired Cyber Security and Resilience. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90708-2_1
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