The Changing Internet: Cybersecurity

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Overview

Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am
Format: Lecture, featuring guest respondents
Lead: Jonathan Zittrain

This module will draw on central themes from the previous day regarding the unique qualities of the Internet, and the culture and architecture of openness – of protocols, interfaces, and values – that make it a generative space. What are the threats to this generativity? How do forces like consumerism, corporate interest, government and other controls, and cybersecurity put the open Net at risk? Concepts such as cyberwar will be surfaced via case examples, including phenomena such as Stuxnet and Ghostnet; the role of hackers such as AntiSec, LulzSec, and Anonymous will also be considered. This session will conclude with Q&A with the audience.

Required Readings

Stuxnet

Anonymous

Cybersecurity and the Generative Dilemma

  • Chapter 3, The Future of the Internet (also available in PDF)

Freedom and Anonymity

Recommended Readings

Stuxnet

Ghostnet

Anonymous

Related Videos

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