In many ways, national and homeland security are always of paramount importance in a world gripped by a series of public health and security crises, but 2021 marks an especially important year that will tell much about our ability to meet the moment. How can the United States work with both historical allies and new strategic partners to tackle the full range of national security threats facing the nation, ranging from COVID-19 to climate change and cybersecurity? The incoming Biden administration will have to tackle these topics, and many more. We seek to highlight these challenges, and opportunities, in particular highlighting the overlapping nature of these topical areas particularly related to cybersecurity ethics and norms.
National and Homeland Security at IU
Indiana University features a rich array of national and homeland security resources across the university. The university is recognized by the federal government as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education and in Cyber Defense Research. Its Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) was founded in 2003 and is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, and others, as the only "university-level center in the country that involves legal, policy, economic, and behavioral research, along with technical expertise." CACR leads the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and collaborates closely with Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane. Indiana University is also home to the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Ren-ISAC), one of the 19 recognized ISCAS, that coordinates cybersecurity alerts among 540 member institutions in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.
The university has a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to security education. In addition to school-specific degrees, the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, the Kelley School of Business, and the Maurer School of Law offer an interdisciplinary master's degree in Cybersecurity Risk Management. The Ostrom Workshop operates a program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, the university hosts a summer Security Matters Cybercamp for high school students, and a new Cybersecurity Clinic, funded by the Hewlett Foundation and serving local governments, will open in the fall. Ethics training is included in all of these programs.
Keywords: national and homeland security, cybersecurity, cyber-attacks, autonomous weapons, drones, ubiquitous surveillance, election hacking, and encryption
Convener(s): Scott Shackelford
Project Activities To Date
Indiana University Cyber Research Roundtable with Jean L. Camp, Diane S. Henshel, Sagar Samtani, and Asaf Lubin, April 28, 2021
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Building a Framework of Stability and Accountability in Cyberspace with Chris Painter (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), March 30, 2021
Nowhere to Hide: Data, Cyberspace and the Dangers of the Digital World with Andrew Burt (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), March 11, 2021
Gloom to Boom: How Ethical Leaders Transform ESG & Technology Risk into Sustainability with Andrea Bonime-Blanc (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), March 9, 2021
The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Financially Motivated Cybercrime with Josephine Wolff (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), November 19, 2020
Cloud, Geopolitics, and the Ethics of Statecraft with Trey Herr and Safa Shahwan Edwards (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program) November 17, 2020
Reconceptualizing Cyber Power: the Belfer Center’s National Cyber Power Index with Simon Jones & Anina Schwarzenbach (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), November 4, 2020
Advancing National and International Cybersecurity Policy and Norms with Amanda Craig Deckard, Microsoft (co-hosted by the Ostrom Workshop and the IU Cybersecurity Program), October 29, 2020
Securing the Vote featuring IU President Michael McRobbie (co-sponsored with the Democracy Themester), October 22, 2020
Professional Ethics and the Government Hacker with Eugene Spafford (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), October 1, 2020
How AI will Disrupt Health Care, and Bioethics with Gene Spafford (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), October 1, 2020
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Seller Beware! Cyber Security Industry and Ethical Issues Related to Commercial Opportunities in the Market: Surveillance States, Oppressive Regimes, Cyber Crime Syndicates! with Val Mukherjee (co-hosted by Luddy, the Ostrom Workshop, and the IU Cybersecurity Program), August 27, 2020
Resources by Type
- Clarke, Richard and Robert Knake. 2019. The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats, Penguin Random House.
- Coleman, E. Gabriella. 2012. Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- DeNardis, Laura. 2015. The Global War for Internet Governance, Yale University Press.
- Greenbury, Andy. 2020. Sandworm: A New Era Of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers, Penguin Random House.
- Mueller, Milton. 2002. Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace, MIT Press.
- Perlroth, Nicole. 2021. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Sanger, David E. 2018. The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, Scribe Publications.
- Segal, Adam. 2017. The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age, Public Affairs.
- Schneier, Bruce. 2018.Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World, W.W. Norton Company.
- Shackelford, Scott. 2020.Governing New Frontiers in the Information Age: Toward Cyber Peace, Cambridge University Press.
- Shackelford, Scott. 2020. The Internet of Things: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press.
- Zetter, Kim. 2015. Countdown to Zero: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon. Broadway Books.
Syllabi
- Cybersecurity Law & Policy (Indiana University)
- Cybersecurity Risk Management Capstone (Indiana University)