SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals


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Contact UsIn this episode, Ciaran and James speak with Emily Taylor of Oxford Information Labs and Roxana Radu, Associate Professor of Digital Technologies and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, about who really controls the internet. Emily and Roxana discuss how internet governance operates amid shifting geopolitics, dissect the foundational protocols (and problems) that underpin the web, and explore the often-obscure institutions that keep it running.
Behind the Guests
An introduction to Emily Taylor and Roxana Radu, covering their careers and accomplishments
Who Controls the Internet?
Decentralisation and the distributed nature of the internet, key governing bodies and diverging national controls.
The Politics of Cyber Peace
How states and corporations navigate digital consensus and discord.
When the Internet Meets Geopolitics
The tension between net neutrality and geopolitics
The Resilience of the Digital Ecosystem
The technical side of the internet; from fragile legacy protocols to DNS security and IPv6.
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Emily Taylor is CEO of Oxford Information Labs and a founder of the Global Signal Exchange. A lawyer by training, she has worked in internet policy for 25 years.
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Dr Roxana Radu is an Associate Professor of Digital Technologies and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and a Hugh Price Fellow at Jesus College. She is an expert in the governance of digital technologies.
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Respected as a world leader among public authorities for cybersecurity, Ciaran Martin is the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) founder and former head.
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James has spent the past 20 years of his life chasing cybercriminals around the Internet and, as a self-professed “massive geek”, has been involved in most cyber security disciplines.
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