BSSb1152 Cyber Warfare

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Drmola, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Luboš Přikryl (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Thu 26. 9. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 3. 10. 16:00–17:40 U34, Thu 10. 10. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 17. 10. 18:00–19:40 AVC, Thu 24. 10. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 31. 10. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 7. 11. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 21. 11. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 28. 11. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 5. 12. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 12. 12. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 19. 12. 16:00–17:40 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
Prerequisites
! BSS152 Cyber Warfare && !NOW( BSS152 Cyber Warfare )
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.
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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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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