Cyber: Hacking, Espionage, Terrorism & Warfare

What you’ll learn:
Learn how hacking and politics intersect
Understand the benefits of cyber-espionage
Explore how hacking is used in war
Study how terrorists embrace hacking

Requirements:
None.

Description:
Hacking is having a profound impact on international security. As technological evolution accelerates with the coming of artificial intelligence, synthetic media (deepfakes), and quantum technologies, we will see dramatic societal and geopolitical disruptions. The manipulation of these technologies, particular via hacking, will introduce further complexity.This course explores the impact of the internet and hacking on international security. The programme comprises seven lectures that examine cyber’s impact on espionage, surveillance, terrorism, and warfare. The course also considers how cyber security is achieved in a constantly mutating technical and political environment. The lectures draw extensively on historic and contemporary case studies, including the ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle-East. Lecture I: Security in the Digital AgeProvides an overview of how the Internet and hacking have disrupted international security.Lecture II: Cyber SecurityInvestigates how cyber security is achieved within an ever-mutating political and technical environment.Lecture III: HackersCharts the genesis of hacker, from their mid-twentieth century origins to present incarnations.Lecture IV: Anatomy of Hacking Dissects how attackers breach networks and achieve their objectives (e.g. disruption, data theft).Lecture V:  Cyber EspionageExamines the revolutionary impact cyber has had on espionage, compares traditional and cyber variants, and investigates how the two interact.Lecture VI: Cyber Warfare Focuses on cyber-warfare, drawing extensively on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, before imagining the future of warfare in the cyber era.Lecture VI: Cyber TerrorismExamines the impact of digital technology on propaganda, financing, recruitment, and operations, before analysing how terrorists are embracing hacking.Ultimately, the course depicts how international security is evolving in the cyber era.

Who this course is for:
Technologists; Cyber students; hackers; international security enthusiasts