Dr Andrew Futter, University of Leicester, will speak on "Cyber Threats
and Nuclear Weapons: New Questions for Command and Control, Security and
Strategy" at the Australian National University in Canberra, 3pm 11 July
2016:
"The development and spread of cyber ‘weapons’,
information-warfare capabilities and the new dynamics of the ‘cyber age’
are providing a considerable – albeit nuanced – challenge to the
management, thinking and strategy that underpins nuclear weapons.
Although, in the near future at least, cyber-attacks will not supersede
nuclear weapons as the ultimate guarantor of national security, the
tools and capabilities associated with cyber present new problems that
affect the nuclear weapons enterprise in numerous ways. ..."
http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2016-07-11/cyber-threats-and-nuclear-weapons-new-questions-command-and-control-security
ps: See also Australian Cyber Security Courses:
http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2016/06/australian-cyber-security-courses.html
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