The Internet has become more important than ever. Digital communication (and IT) is deeply woven into our society, ranging from the financial sector to the operations of our healthcare system. Apart from its virtues for economy and mankind, increasing dependence on its functioning comes with vulnerabilities. Even ‘small’ failures have an enormous impact on the economic, political, and social stability of our world. Therefore, numerous countries have started to develop responses, including military, to possible cyber-attacks. Instead of workouts in the mud, soldiers of tomorrow are trained to fight in the depths of cyberspace.

Coordinator

Prof. dr. P.A.L. Ducheine

Timetable

You can find the timetable on Datanose.

Entry requirements

The course Digital Warfare: the future of cyberthreats in the twenty-first century is open to second- and third-year bachelor students.

Registration

UvA Bachelor's students can register from 2 to 9 December 2024 in the GLASS registration rounds. Master’s students can send a short motivation to keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl.

‘Bijvak’ students and contract students can register from 2 December 2024 until one week prior to the start of the course, by completing the online registration form.

If you have any trouble while registering, please contact us at keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl.

Costs

Prices can be found on the IIS website.

SDGs in education

The IIS strives to reflect current societal issues and challenges in our elective courses, honours modules and degree programmes and attempts to integrate the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in this course. For more information about these goals, please visit the SDGs website.