The Cyber Threat – War, Terrorism and Crime. How serious is it and What Can We Do?
course full. to go onto waiting list, please e-mail us at [email protected]
While governments obsess about Jihadi terrorists (because we want them to), we are missing the real threat to our society – our computers, smart phones and all other internet-linked devices. Cyber war is not a future possibility, it’s today’s reality. Every major country is waging cyber war on several fronts – espionage, propaganda, military incapacitation, general destabilization and citizen surveillance. The U.S. and the West are not on the defensive here – we are offensive players. The more worrying threat is what non-state actors could do – from damaging key civil infrastructure to using cyber to wreak havoc on the global financial system. As for plain old criminals, the recent WannaCry ransomware case gives an idea of what can be done. And for each publicized case there are many that have gone unreported.
The reality is that our hyper-connected global society creates massive risks. And we are doubling down with ideas such as “The Internet of Things”, linking every physical object in our lives to the internet. In the future this will probably be viewed as idiocy.
So, is the above bleak picture real? What really are the risks and what can be done to manage them? What will it take before the public demands as much attention to this as it does to the terrorism that killed a total of 148 people in Europe in 2016. We will explore the various aspects of this, in particular the alternative approaches that society can take to address the growing risk of cyber.
Moderator: John Simke
Date and Time: Thursdays November 16 to December 7 (4 weeks) from 2-4 PM
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBD
Cost: $24
Maximum Class Size: 30
Booking: See Terms and Conditions. Please note, maximum of two spots per person. When the course is full, to go onto the waiting list, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]
The reality is that our hyper-connected global society creates massive risks. And we are doubling down with ideas such as “The Internet of Things”, linking every physical object in our lives to the internet. In the future this will probably be viewed as idiocy.
So, is the above bleak picture real? What really are the risks and what can be done to manage them? What will it take before the public demands as much attention to this as it does to the terrorism that killed a total of 148 people in Europe in 2016. We will explore the various aspects of this, in particular the alternative approaches that society can take to address the growing risk of cyber.
Moderator: John Simke
Date and Time: Thursdays November 16 to December 7 (4 weeks) from 2-4 PM
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBD
Cost: $24
Maximum Class Size: 30
Booking: See Terms and Conditions. Please note, maximum of two spots per person. When the course is full, to go onto the waiting list, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]