Tag: Cyber
34 Articles
- Science & Technology
SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange: Hacks Wrapped in a Cybersecurity Dilemma Inside a Cyberspace Crisis
Once again, foreign cyber espionage has US policymakers scrambling. In late 2020, the United States acknowledged that Russia hacked SolarWinds, Inc., a software vendor, and…
April 12, 2021
- Conflict & Security
A New Type of Threat: Russia, China and Digital Authoritarianism in West Africa
At a compound on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana, a group of people post messages to over 200 various social media accounts. Their goal is to spread disinformation about police…
December 26, 2020
- Global Governance
The Disinformation Shift: From Foreign to Domestic
On November 10th, a week after the US presidential election and three days after media outlets projected victory for former vice-president Joseph R. Biden, Secretary of State…
November 28, 2020
- Conflict & Security
“The Internet Federalist Papers”
At a time when US democracy buckles under pressures and fissures straining the body politic, The Federalist Papers offers a foundation to help reassert norms and practices…
November 11, 2020
- Society & Culture
Law 3.0: A Conversation for the New Decade
However, with the progressive industrialization of the common law world, and with its countries becoming ever more technologically sophisticated, Law 1.0 was joined and partially…
July 21, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Ben Buchanan on Cybersecurity Challenges in Democracy and Statecraft
GJIA: In today’s event, you discussed how cyber warfare is more like covert operations than traditional warfare. What do you think might be the positive and negative…
March 24, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Hitting Home: Cyber-Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine and Its Impact on the United States
Hybrid warfare, while not a new concept, fits well with military concepts of maskirovka, or the masking of offensive military activities. What is new is the emergence of new…
February 18, 2020
- Science & Technology
Computer Science Education: Fueling Tomorrow’s Technology Growth
Soaring enrollments are creating many challenges, including overcrowded classes, long course waiting lists, and overburdened computer science faculty. The gap between student…
May 20, 2019
- Conflict & Security
A Rules-Based Order to Keep the Internet Open and Secure
When J.P. Barlow presented his 1996 “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” in Davos, cyberspace was idealized as a separate universe, detached from the ‘real’…
October 30, 2018
- Science & Technology
The Role of the State in the Private-Sector Cybersecurity Challenge
The creation of regulatory regimes to enhance cybersecurity entails the establishment of norms, rules, monitoring procedures, and enforcement practices for minimizing harm to the…
May 27, 2018