AI, Cyberthreats and Cyberspies

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This course examines the digital spaces and actors of risk. We will consider new forms of cyber war, including hybrid and grey zone warfare, and the changing role of AI in national security. We will also look at how AI is transforming cognitive warfare and propaganda, as well as new forms of cyberespionage and surveillance.

The module begins with a consideration of the changing spaces and forms of threats today, including hybrid threats and conditions of ‘unpeace’. We will then examine the role of AI in national security, and the changing nature of cognitive warfare and propaganda in the age of AI. Finally, we will discuss emergent forms of cyberwar and cyberterrorism, and cyberespionage and surveillance.

This course is organized and co-taught by lecturers from Ca’Foscari, Warwick University and the Italian Naval Staff College (ISMM). Some of the course will be held at the ISMM building in the Arsenale

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