CSA 435 - Cyber Warfare on the Global Stage

(3 credits)

Cyberwarfare refers to the use of digital attacks, serious enough to be on the order of a physical attack, by one country on the vital computer systems of another. The dependence on computers in the modern world enables a cyber assault to have the potential to be as damaging on a nation and its people as a physical one. In this course new vulnerabilities created by such things as the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Deep Fakes, Social Media are covered as are such topics such as the weaknesses of a perimeter-based view of security, the role of microsegmentation, the future of cyberwarfare, as well as the Tallinn Manual and the legal status of cyberwarfare. Prerequisite(s): CSA 130. As needed: