Location:RUSI, 61 Whitehall; and online (Zoom)
Start date:06/02/2025
End date:06/02/2025
Event Organiser:Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
More information
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Web:https://my.rusi.org/events/the-rise-of-ransomware-as-a-national-security-threat.html
Hybrid event, from 5.30pm. In a new book, Max Smeets explores the rise of ransomware as a national security threat. Ransom War: How Cyber Crime Became a Threat to National Security reveals how the challenge of ransomware has evolved, how it differs in substance and style from traditional cyber threats, and how to combat it. Max Smeets is the Co-Director of Virtual Routes and a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich. He is the author of ‘Ransom War: How Cyber Crime became a Threat to National Security’ and ‘No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber- Force’. He’s an affiliate at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and an associate fellow at RUSI. He also serves as the Co-Founder and Managing Editor of Binding Hook, a media outlet on technology and security which is part of Virtual Routes.
The discussion will be moderated by James Babbage, Director General for Threats at the National Crime Agency and the first commander of the National Cyber Force.
