Cyber Security and the Digital World
Course code
RIR7603.YK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Küberjulgeolek ja digitaalmaailm
Course title in English
Cyber Security and the Digital World
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Cyber has emerged as one of the key shared spaces for the globalizing world. It is a cross-cutting domain that penetrates all national states and international actors. The course's objective is to examine the security consequences of cyber as a shared and new domain. It will explore the following questions: what type of new great game is taking place to control and secure the world of digitalized activities? What vulnerabilities and risks are produced by cyber-power? Does it course diffusion of existing power and powers?
Brief description of the course
The course maps out interconnections between digitalization and international relations. The course looks at emerging security practices and new security challenges connected to the cyber-domain. Cyber is analyzed not as an independent domain but as a shared space intertwined with much of global life. The course will map out the different types of cyber-attacks, and explore such topics as cyber deterrence, cyber power, digital diplomacy, and the impact of cyber developments on state power and foreign policy. The role of non-state actors and the development of AI will be focal points of the course.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- will need to read and analyze assigned texts as well as written analysis on topics related to cyber security.
- will be able to analyze the uneven distribution of cyber-capabilities and critically reflect on the relationships between the digitalization of global life and state power.
- will need to read and analyze assigned texts as well as written analysis on topics related to cyber security.
- will be able to analyze the uneven distribution of cyber-capabilities and critically reflect on the relationships between the digitalization of global life and state power.
Teacher
Matthew Crandall
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