TikTok has been banned in India and the United States may follow suit. In his new article, Alex Johnson examines the TikTok controversy and assesses the app’s potential to compromise national security.
Tag: cybersecurity
They know all your secrets: Political data mining in Canada
In this article, the NATO Associations Nicole Dougherty explores how political parties are mining big data on Canadians and the threat that this posses.
Huawei: The Dragon that Caught Nortel off Guard
In this article, The NATO Associations Nicole Dougherty examines the role of Chinese hackers in the destruction of Nortel, and how it benefitted Huawei.
Know The CCDCOE: Interview with Director Col. Jaak Tarien
Touraj Riazi had the privilege of interviewing Col. Jaak Tarien, Director of NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). The interview concentrates on the functions of the CCDCOE and how they enhance the Alliance’s cybersecurity. Canada is currently in the process of joining the CCDCOE.
How Canada is Protecting its Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks
In this article, James Cho reviews how Canada is protecting its critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. He examines the 2015 cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid as an example of cyberattack on infrastructure and introduces the goals of the new National Cyber Security Action Plan by Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
Chokehold on Internet Freedom: State-Run Cyberspace in Russia and China
The vastness of cyberspace and speed of information transfer make it a novel frontier ripe for trial and error. The trend of nations turning towards state-run cyberspace policy is up for discussion after Russia’s expedited approval of the ‘Runet’ law, or sovereign internet bill.
A Review of Black Code: Surveillance, privacy, and the Dark Side of the Internet
For the past twenty years the internet has become more and more embedded in the lives of millions of people. This change has not just been taking place in affluent developed countries, but has rather spread to many developing countries as well. In fact, the gap is narrowing in terms of the number of Read More…
New Platforms for Old Tricks: Electoral Interference in Digital Democracies
In this article, Ryan Atkinson discusses the danger of electoral interference exemplified by Presidential Elections in Ukraine and the United States.
Cyber Security and Maritime Commercial Shipping: Is Everything Ship Shape?
As the shipping industry continues to mature, it is turning to technology to handle the large amounts of information, data, and goods flowing through its supply chains. However, as Program Editor Amaliah Reiskind explains, these tools have been implemented without proper concern for the vulnerabilities they open the industry up to.
Why Cyberwar Confounds International Law- Part 1: Word Games
True global security requires that cyberwarfare be governed by international law, but several factors make this difficult, if not impossible. In the first of a multipart series, Adam Zivo zeroes in on the headache of ambiguous terminology in the cyber realm.