This book is a vital resource for policymakers, legal professionals, and government leaders navigating the evolving landscape of cyber threats and their impact on national security.
Cyber espionage poses a direct and growing threat to both national and international security. In the era of information warfare and cognitive warfare, traditional cybersecurity measures--such as penetration testing and Red Team vs. Blue Team exercises--are increasingly inadequate for addressing complex, large-scale attacks. New approaches are needed to counter these threats to cyber security.
Cyber security does require legal clarity. The legal frameworks for prosecuting cybercrime also require greater clarity and accessibility. This book bridges the gap between cybersecurity practice and legal policy, offering insights that are essential for professionals working at the intersection of technology, law, and governance.
Mohiuddin Ahmed is a senior lecturer of Computing and Security Discipline at the School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Australia. Dr Ahmed has been educating the next generation of cyber leaders and researching to disrupt the cybercrime ecosystem. He secured several external and internal grants worth more than $2 million and has been collaborating with academia and industry. He has been regularly invited to speak at international conferences, government agencies and public organisations. He regularly appears on national and international media (newspapers, radio and TV), commenting on cyber issues with a global audience reach of more than a billion people. His contributions, as published in The Conversation, have reached over one million readers worldwide. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Distinguished Member of the European Alliance of Innovation and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. He also served as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. ScholarGPS ranked him as a highly ranked lifetime scholar in the specialty of Anomaly Detection and has been listed in the world's Top 2% of scientists by Stanford University.
Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann is a professor in Law at Canberra Law School, University of Canberra; Research Fellow at the National Security Institute Canberra University; Extraordinary Reader (Docent) in War Studies, Swedish Defence University (FHS), Stockholm; a Fellow at NATO SHAPE, Hybrid War, and Lawfare Pacific until 2025; and Research Fellow at the Department of Strategic Studies, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, affiliated Researcher Mid Sweden University. Professor Bachmann is a former Lieutenant Colonel (GER A Res) with operational experience in the Balkans and exchange officer with the US Marines. In the last 20 years, he has worked in various capacities in the United States, the Middle East, South Africa and Europe. He has worked with and presented to NATO, US CENTCOM, US AFRICOM, the Austrian Ministry of Defence, the Swedish Defence University, the Royal Danish Defence College, the South African National Defence Force and the Australian Defence College on the subjects of hybrid war/threats.
