Cyber
There are opportunities and challenges relating to our highly digital age. At NUPI, our research is focused on the security-related aspects of the digital age
For information on our research, seminars and publications on cyber, visit NUPI's Centre for Cyber Security Studies.
Cyber is related to computers, information technology and digital networks and refers to both digital information and physical objects/infrastructure.
Digital technologies change societies rapidly. There are great opportunities related to this development. At the same time, our increased dependence on digital solutions create societal and security vulnerabilities. NUPI works on issues related to cybersecurity, global cyber governance and international cyber norms, capacity building in developing countries, public-private cooperation, democracies and digital threats, cyber-weapons in international conflicts and threats to critical infrastructure.
Our aim is to produce high-quality research relevant to academic and policy debates.
Some of the questions we address are:
- What digital threats are there today and how can we work to increase awareness of these challenges and of potential responses?
- How should developing countries handle digital challenges?
- What is the most efficient way to govern cyberspace – now and in the future?
News about cyber
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Podcast: Can blockchain save journalism?
4 Mar 2019The underlying technology behind bitcoin may help fight fake news, says Walid Al-Saqaf.
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Podcast: Giving Chinese tech giants access to Europe - what are the consequences?
7 Feb 2019Are we ready for the implications of giving Chinese tech giant access to European markets?
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Prestigious project to NUPI on digitalization and the modern world order
26 Oct 2018New project to investigate vulnerabilities on the Internet and political consequences.
Publications about cyber
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Publication
Critical communication infrastructures and Huawei
Recently, there have been growing cyber-safety concerns over telecom equipment made by the Chinese vendor Huawei. This has led many countries to ban Huawei from supplying equipment for building the next generation of mobile networks, 5G. Responses from mobile operators and the telecom community in general... -
Publication
: NUPI Report
Comparing Cyber Security. Critical Infrastructure protection in Norway, the UK and Finland.
2019Cyber security and protecting critical infrastructures from digital harm are of increasing importance for governments around the globe. Tackling this issue is challenged by two distinct features of cyber security in Western states: Firstly, the transnational nature of digital risks and threats necessitates... -
Publication
: NUPI Report
The Politics of Stability: Cement and Change in Cyber Affairs
2019In November 2018, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, inaugurated one year earlier ‘to develop proposals for norms and policies to enhance international security and stability and guide responsible state and non-state behavior in cyberspace’, launched six norms pointing ‘the way to...
Research projects about cyber
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Research project
Digital sovereignty and autonomy (GAIA)
2019 - 2022 (Ongoing)NUPI in collaboration with Simula Research Lab will map global data flows and their impact on national autonomy and sovereignty.
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Research project
Protecting Democracies from Digital Threats (PRODEM)
2019 (Ongoing)How are states responding to the threat of using digital technologies to subvert democratic processes?
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Research project
Critical Digital Infrastructures (KRIDI)
2018 - 2019 (Ongoing)Protecting critical infrastructures from digital threats is a key challenge for modern states, how should the state approach and make sense of the security of privately owned infrastructures?