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Privacy and Security Implications of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Author : James Bore

Published in: Information Security Technologies for Controlling Pandemics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the importance of cyber security, particularly information integrity and surveillance, in dealing with an ongoing, infectious crisis. From the spread of misinformation causing people to actively work against measures designed to ensure safety and minimise the spread, to concerns over the approaches taken to monitor, track, trace, and isolate infectious cases through the use of technology, almost every aspect has been relevant to cyber and information security. This chapter considers the legal, social, and ethical cyber and information security implications of the pandemic and responses to it from the perspective of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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Title: Privacy and Security Implications of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Author: James Bore
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Information Security Technologies for Controlling Pandemics
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-72119-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-72120-6

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72120-6_8

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