DA3105 Cyber and Information Strategy

This class reviews the academic literature, policy reports, and military doctrinal documents in the cyber and information security realm at the international level. We will look at many sides of the theoretical debate, will then dig deeper and study pertinent international cyber-attacks, covert operations, cyber-enabled influence operations, non-state actors and cyber terrorists, the major cyber powers and their incorporation of cyber and information operations into military doctrine, cyber power and surveillance, cyber and information policy, artificial intelligence and its impact on cyber and information operations, and normative arguments for governance of the digital domain. Prerequisite: None.

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

1

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the emerging field of cyber conflict, cyber security, information strategy, and emerging technology from the social science perspective
• Identify core themes and developments in the study of conflict and strategy from the cyber, informational, and emerging tech perspective.
• Develop scientific thinking about social phenomena and cases to construct evidence-based strategy and policy ideas.
• Explain and describe inferences from evidence and theory.
• Critically assess contemporary security debates regarding the future of cyber, information, and emerging tech interactions and suggest a path forward.