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Thieves and thugs: cybersecurity communication

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Total length of the course: <1 hour

Cybersecurity debates are plagued by hype, hyperbole, and a persistent failure to distinguish between very different kinds of harm. In this course, cut through the noise with a simple but powerful framework: the difference between the thief and the thug, between attacks that steal and attacks that disrupt or destroy. From data breaches and financial crime to the real meaning of a cyber Pearl Harbor, build a clearer taxonomy of cyber harms and understand why getting these distinctions right matters for how we defend, communicate, and make policy.

Content details

The thieves and the thugs: themes in cybersecurity and how we communicate them
Introduction
Thief vs. thug
The real cyber pearl harbour
A delineation of cyber harms
Why a taxonomy of cyber harms matters