Strategies of Cyber Crisis Management: Lessons from the Approaches of Estonia and the United Kingdom

Jamie Collier

27 May

14:00 27th May 2016 ( week 5, Hilary Term 2016 )

Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building

This talk will compare the cyber crisis management strategies of Estonia and the United Kingdom — two leading nations in the field of cyber security. The two countries’ strategies differ significantly. Through a comparative analysis, the factors that potentially determine such differences, and the generalisable lessons that can be learnt, are outlined. It is argued that given the importance of specific historical, political and cultural factors at play in the formulation of cyber security crisis management strategy, a bespoke approach is required. Although cyberattacks may be highly technical in nature, it will be shown that organisational responses to them have crucial political and social determinants.

Speaker bio

Jamie Collier is a DPhil Candidate in Cyber Security at Oxford’s Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security. His research focuses on states’ use of proxies in the cyber domain and the role of normative-ideational factors in determining state-proxy relationships. Jamie also has an interest in cyber security strategy, cyber crisis management and cyber crime. Within the Department of Politics and International Relations, Jamie participates in the work of the Cyber Studies Programme as a Research Affiliate.

Jamie is a member of the Virtual Academic Network convened by International Institute of Strategic Studies on behalf of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The network provides academic support and expertise to cyber security policymakers in the UK. Jamie also has previous work experience with the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence and PwC India. Alongside his DPhil studies, Jamie writes for Cyber Security Intelligence and blogs at Cyber Security Relations.