... constitute the pillars and sore points of what he calls the “hacked world order.” This book – though not perfect in all aspects – is a solid beginning of what should become an international academic practice – defining cybersecurity and bringing together experiences and young professionals in this ever growing and changing part of the international relations (IR). In view of recent upheaval in cyber attacks and transnational hacks of companies, banks, organizations,...
On September 20, 2016 Russian International Affairs Council holds a seminar with participation of Associate Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester Andrew Futter:
«War Games Redux? Cyberthreats, US–Russian Strategic Stability, and New Challenges for Nuclear Security and Arms Control».
Some 30 years since the release of the Hollywood blockbuster
War Games
, the possibility that hackers might break into nuclear command and control facilities, compromise...
... models of systems under attack, but it costs significantly
less
than developing nuclear weapons [
1
]. In the computer age, virtually any country can become a superpower in cyberspace.
REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Dmitry Konukhov:
Vaccinated Atom: Cybersecurity
for Nuclear Plants
NATO’s current policies in cyberspace
are based
on defence and deterrence. The Alliance’s experts study various options of such deterrence. Yet when considered in detail, it turns out any analogies with “traditional” ...
On May 16, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council together with the
EastWest Institute
held an international seminar “Russia-US Cyber Cooperation – Building New Relations.”
During the seminar, the participating experts discussed cooperation in countering cyber terrorism; indentifying terminology, critical for Russia and the United States in the field of cyber security; strengthening cooperative action and early warning of cyber attacks; the state’s role in the Internet...
On April 28-29, 2016 New Delhi hosted a
BRICS international conference on cybersecurity
and combating cyber threats.
On April 28, the opening session of the conference was followed by a session on the BRICS countries’ institutional cooperation on information security. Representatives of member countries briefed the participants ...
Apple, the world’s largest company by market capitalization and a pioneer of cutting-edge technology that we use every day, is in one corner. The United States, the world’s most powerful nation and the birthplace of the information society, which is also a society of total surveillance than envelops us all, is in the other. They have locked horns in a conflict that is set to have both global and local implications.
The tug-of-war between Apple and the US government (personified by the...
Reviewing the cybersecurity agendas of US presidential contenders
Cyber Tuesday: Waiting for Virtual Revelation? Reviewing the cybersecurity agendas of US presidential contenders
This year is going to be the hottest for the US domestic politics in the several past ...
On February 18, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a meeting of experts with Dr. William J. Parker III, Chief Operating Officer at the
EastWest Institute
. Dr. Parker is a retired senior naval officer, author of numerous publications on the problems of Islamic extremism in the Middle East, and worked for US diplomatic missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The discussion covered the issues of building trust between Russia and the United States as the countries with the...
... comprehensive cooperation and coordination of U.S. and EU policies in the management of cyberspace on a wide range of issues, including personal data protection, freedom of speech and self-expression, data flow management, internet governance, ecommerce, cybersecurity and cyberwarfare – that is, the report covers the entire spectrum of military-political, economic, social, humanitarian, political and even technical problems associated with the development of cyberspace.
Can Rules of the Game be ...
... Microsoft, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and others, were among the main speakers at the Forum. The meeting was attended by RIAC Program Coordinator Maria Gurova.
Participants’ discussions at thematic sections covered the issues of critical infrastructure cybersecurity in the current setting, of the first results of the law on the right to oblivion in the network, of protecting personal data on the Internet, of increasing the level of digital literacy among pupils and students, as well as of Russia’s ...
