Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:09
The course addresses international legal issues raised by the increasing need to secure information and communication technology. It explores the modalities of international cyberattacks; discusses data protection in the EU and UK; questions the scope of the obligation of States to secure cyberspace; studies the role of private companies in reacting to harmful online content and international cyberattacks; analyses how cyberoperations can be attributed to States; examines what cyberoperations perpetrated by States violate international law and how victim States could react to those operations; and describes the governance in international cybersecurity.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course addresses international legal issues raised by the increasing need to secure information and communication technology. It explores the modalities of international cyberattacks; discusses data protection in the EU and UK; questions the scope of the obligation of States to secure cyberspace; studies the role of private companies in reacting to harmful online content and international cyberattacks; analyses how cyberoperations can be attributed to States; examines what cyberoperations perpetrated by States violate international law and how victim States could react to those operations; and describes the governance in international cybersecurity.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Analyse | An ability to access, and use for analysis, relevant texts and electronic databases |
| Conceptual | Understand | An enhanced knowledge of international cybersecurity law |
| Factual | Evaluate | An ability to critically analyse whether current international rules related to security can be applied to cyberspace and whether they should be adapted to this new area of activities |
| Procedural | Create | An ability to organise and communicate ideas clearly and cogently, orally and in writing |
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