The overarching question imparting urgency to this exploration is: Can U.S.-Russian contention in cyberspace cause the two nuclear superpowers to stumble into war? In considering this question we were constantly reminded of recent comments by a prominent U.S. arms control expert: At least as dangerous as the risk of an actual cyberattack, he observed, is cyber operations’ “blurring of the line between peace and war.” Or, as Nye wrote, “in the cyber realm, the difference between a weapon and a non-weapon may come down to a single line of code, or simply the intent of a computer program’s user.”
Biography
Amy Ertan is a Cyber Security Doctoral Candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research explores the security implications of emerging technologies within military and defense environments, using interdisciplinary methods including observant practice-based ethnography and interviewing experts. At the Belfer Center Amy is researching how AI is utilised within a national security context, how AI development contributes to military strategy, and what controls may be most effective in ensuring responsible use of 'weaponized AI'. Amy is a visiting scholar at the NATO CCDCOE and Data Protection Fellow at the Institute for Technology and Society Rio, where she has lectured on oversight mechanisms for AI-enabled technology. She is on the advisory board for UK advocacy organisation We and AI. Amy previously worked as a strategic cyber intelligence analyst and holds CISSP and CREST threat intelligence qualifications. She has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
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