8. Advancing Security and Resilience

This chapter discusses the various fields of computer science and how they intersect with digital resilience. Each of these fields has a role to play in the adoption and strategic placement of digital resilience. The chapter deals with the current impact of technologies like cloud computing, IoT, CPS devices, and other emerging fields since these have a role to play in the coming years. Further, the chapter discusses the various methodologies that can be utilized by individuals and organizations to better adopt digital resilience; such concepts include cyberpsychology, resilience metrics, and the examination of the impact of human factors. It also covers nascent topics like adaptive defence mechanisms, new space technologies, and autonomous systems. In addition, the chapter provides a brief explanation of the important concepts related to daily computing in the age of social media. The chapter concludes with a comment on what affects digital resilience and its adoption, while also aiming to answer how one can truly understand the notions of ethics and the societal consequences of the concept.