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Presentation
Presentation
The unit examines cyberspace as a political, legal and security domain and how it is governed. It addresses cybersecurity as public policy and as a matter of power, sovereignty and institutional trust.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT94-27973
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Syllabus: (1) cyberspace as a political domain; (2) digital trust; (3) cybersecurity governance; (4) regulation and rights; (5) critical infrastructure; (6) future of digital governance.
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Objectives
Objectives
Students should understand cyberspace as a political domain, distinguish the levels and actors of cybersecurity governance, critically analyse the regulatory framework, assess the impact of cyber threats and disinformation on institutional trust, weigh security/privacy trade-offs and justify policy recommendations.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Methodologies include guest seminars with national and international practitioners, table-top crisis simulations, regulatory negotiation role-play, problem-based learning with real cases and comparative reading of national cybersecurity strategies.
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References
References
Buchanan, B. (2020). The hacker and the state: Cyber attacks and the new normal of geopolitics. Harvard University Press. DeNardis, L. (2014). The global war for internet governance. Yale University Press. Dunn Cavelty, M., & Wenger, A. (Eds.). (2022). Cyber security politics: Socio-technological transformations and political fragmentation. Routledge. Singer, P. W., & Friedman, A. (2014). Cybersecurity and cyberwar: What everyone needs to know. Oxford University Press. Zuboff, S. (2019). The age of surveillance capitalism: The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power. PublicAffairs.
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Assessment
Assessment
Instrumentos de avaliação (individuais e de grupo)
Descrição
Data limite
Ponderação
Participação nas discussões, debates e simulações em sala - Grupo/Individual
Contínua
30%
Trabalho de investigação (Grupo/Individual): análise de uma política pública de cibersegurança, de um instrumento regulatório ou de um caso de incidente, com recomendações fundamentadas
A definir
70%
Adicionalmente poderão ser incluídas informações gerais, como por exemplo, referência ao tipo de acompanhamento a prestar ao estudante na realização dos trabalhos; referências bibliográficas e websites úteis; indicações para a redação de trabalho escrito...
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Mobility
Mobility
No
