Evolving Nature of Cyber Security: Digital Warfare on the Eastern Front
Course date: 11-18 July 2020
Today the definition of the concept of security now is wider and deeper than ever before. At the end of the 20th century Barry Buzan, Professor of International Relations, distinguished five dimensions of security – military, political, economic, societal and environmental. In the early 21st century rapid processes of computerisation and digitalization underlying the development of cyberspace constituted an increasing serious new form of threat to national security. These processes marked the reconceptualization of security perception and the establishment of a new concept – cyber security.
The shift in paradigm as well as in visualization has been confirmed with the events in the early 21st century, when first cases of the offensive, massive use of cyber-attacks were recorded, e.g. events in Estonia in April 2007 when a political debate between Tallinn and Moscow on the removal of a Soviet war memorial led to the cyber-attack of unprecedented scale that swamped websites of Estonian organizations, including Estonian parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters. Since then cyberspace became an arena of activities that threaten not only the security of classified information but also the functioning of critical infrastructure. These changes encouraged states and international organisations to consider new countermeasures to adapt to the new security situation.
Since the events in Estonia, every year Lithuania encounters a number of cyber-attacks the majority of which is related to Russian intelligence and security services and directed mostly against the state sector and the states’ objects of critical infrastructure. Considering the developing Russian cyber capabilities and successful operations in cyberspace, it is likely that Russia’s activities in cyberspace will grow in the future. In response to that it is of great importance to strengthen awareness of threats emerging in cyberspace and possible countermeasures against them.
Course content
Cyber Security Course will provide an opportunity to get understanding about today’s cyber security world, including the emerging cyber-threats and increasing cyber-attacks. The course will address legal, political and technical aspects of cyber security. It will provide a chance to get in-depth understanding about cyber-defence and possible countermeasures, get involved into discussion about international, regional and national cyber security issues and strengthen awareness about existing cyber-threats.
PROGRAMME
| SATURDAY, 11 JULY | ||
| 18.00 – 20.00 | Ms Jurgita Jakevičiūtė
Dr Erikas Kaukas |
ORIENTATION | ICE BREAKING SESSION
WELCOME COCKTAIL |
| SUNDAY, 12 JULY | ||
| 10.00 – 12.30 | TOUR AROUND OLD TOWN OF VILNIUS | |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | FREE TIME | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | TEAM BUILDING in PUZZLE ROOMS | |
| MONDAY, 13 JULY | ||
| 10.00 – 10.50 | INTRODUCTION | Evolving Nature of Cyber Security | |
| LECTURE | Lithuanian Way in Centralizing Cyber Security | ||
| 11.00 – 11.50 | LECTURE | Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security | |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH | |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | LECTURE | Challenges in Evolving Safe Software and Hardware Equipment | |
| 15.00 – 15.50 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.50 | PRACTICAL SESSION & DISCUSSION | |
| TUESDAY, 14 JULY | ||
| 10.00 – 10.50 | LECTURE | The Impossibility of Cyber Regulation and What to Do About It | |
| 11.00 – 11.50 | ||
| 12.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH | |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | LECTURE | From Cyber to Information Warfare: Assessing the Interconnection of Threats | |
| 15.00 – 15.50 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.50 | PRACTICAL SESSION & DISCUSSION | |
| WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY | ||
| 10.00 – 10.50 | LECTURE | Cybersecurity and Preparedness to Face Cyber Attacks: From the Perspective of Global Companies | |
| 11.00 – 11.50 | ||
| 12.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH | |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | Cyber Security in Energy Sector | |
| 15.00 – 15.50 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.50 | PRACTICAL SESSION & DISCUSSION | |
| THURSDAY, 16 JULY | ||
| 11.00 – 15.00 | SITE VISIT | Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion | |
| FRIDAY, 17 JULY | ||
| 10.00 – 10.50 | LECTURE | Cyber Threats & Response | |
| 11.00 – 11.50 | ||
| 12.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH | |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | JOINT LECTURE | NATO's Contribution to The Enhancement of the Baltic Sea Region’s Security | |
| 15.00 – 15.50 | PRACTICAL SESSION & DISCUSSION | |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | FINAL REMARKS |AWARDING CEREMONY | |
| 19.00 | FAREWELL EVENING | |
| SATURDAY, 18 JULY | ||
| DEPARTURE | ||
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