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“Cambridge Five” Redux: Legal and Policy Implications of Cyber Espionage for Universities
Cyber Espionage and National Security Challenges: Cyber Wargaming for Critical Infrastructures, pp.157-180
Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer Nature Switzerland, 1st
24/01/2026
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Abstract
This chapter will explore the evolution of cyberEspionageespionageCyber espionage threats to higher educationHigher education institutions around the world, with a particular focus on the cyber domain as a vector to undertake theft of personal information, sensitive research and intellectual property. It will then identify both legal and policy-based limitations with university operating models and offer opportunities for legal or administrative intervention. The chapter will then conclude with an overview of the future of cyber espionage in the world of higher education.
Details
- Title
- “Cambridge Five” Redux: Legal and Policy Implications of Cyber Espionage for Universities
- Creators
- Brendan Walker-Munro - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Mohiuddin Ahmed (Editor) - Edith Cowan UniversitySascha Dov Bachmann (Editor) - University of Canberra
- Publication Details
- Cyber Espionage and National Security Challenges: Cyber Wargaming for Critical Infrastructures, pp.157-180
- Series
- Studies in Computational Intelligence
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Switzerland; Cham
- Edition
- 1st
- Identifiers
- 991013347139902368
- Copyright
- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter