FSS:BSS152 Cyber Warfare - Course Information

BSS152 Cyber Warfare

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jakub Drmola, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Maďar (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Thu 16:00–17:40 exP24

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basics of an IT security terminology is expected.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Participants should be able to understand the issue of cyberwar and information war. Students recognize contemporary concepts of warfare. They will discuss about information war in accordance with a broader definition understood as a battle over control of information activities: gathering, storing and processing of information. Students should be able to define information war and the ways it is understood and they should be able to explain its genesis and history, character of cybernetic warfare, techniques, perspectives.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the most important phenomenon in a field of cyber-security and cyber-warfare. Students should be able to analyze chosen cyber-security problem and refer to it to teachers and class-mates.

Syllabus

• Outline:
• 1. Introductory lesson, organizational matters, paper topics.
• 2. Information society, theory. Concept of the first, second and third wave. Definition of terms.
• 3. Definition of military concepts.
• 4. Information war, information security. RMA.
• 5. Cybernetic war, cybernetic security.
• 6. Partakers in cybernetic battle. Concept of “netwar”.
• 7. History of cybernetic warfare.
• 8. Cybernetic criminality.
• 9. Technologies and tools of cyberwar.
• 10. Military use of cybernetic warfare.
• 11. Cybernetic terrorism.
• 12. Reading week.
• 13. End of course. Discussion, paper evaluation.

Literature

• Cyberwar, netwar and the revolution in military affairs. Edited by Edward F. Halpin. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, xx, 253. ISBN 1403987173. info
• MATĚJKA, Michal. Počítačová kriminalita. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 2002, x, 106. ISBN 8072264192. info
• Networks and netwars :the future of terror, crime, and militancy. Edited by John Arquilla - David Ronfeldt. Santa Monica: RAND, 2001, xiv, 375 s. ISBN 0-8330-3030-2. info
• Počítačová kriminalita :nástin problematiky : kompendium názorů specialistů. Edited by Stanislav Musil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Institut pro kriminologii a sociální prevenci, 2000, 281 s., 3. ISBN 80-86008-80-0. info
• In Athena's camp :preparing for conflict in the information age. Edited by John Arquilla - David Ronfeldt. Washington: RAND, 1997, xxiv, 501. ISBN 0-8330-2514-7. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, reading, class discussion, homeworks.

Assessment methods

Students must present a paper in order to complete the course successfully and write four position paper. A written exam is to be passed at the end of the course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BSSb1152 Cyber Warfare
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