Chevening India Cyber Security Fellowship 2020

The Chevening India Cyber Security Fellowship is aimed at mid-career professionals with demonstrable leadership potential in the field of cybersecurity or cyber policy in India.

The fellowship is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office.

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The fellowship is hosted by Cranfield University, at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (Shrivenham Campus).

Course/programme structure

This ten-week Chevening India Cyber Security fellowship provides fellows with an understanding of policy and legislative approaches in cyber security and its implications for national security, commercial opportunity, crime prevention, and the right to privacy.

The fellowship will focus on:

• Cyber threats, including the threat landscape, threat and risk assessment, the implications for national security, and the relevance of internet governance structures; and the protection of critical national infrastructure.
• The economics of online business, cyber-security consumer awareness and consumer protection, technology adoption challenges, the relevance of open source, and effective technology adoption by consumers.
• Cyber-crime and internet law, including the economic impact of cyber-crime, domestic and international approaches to countering cyber-crime, internet law, law enforcement concerns, privacy concerns, the use and abuse of social media, and accountability in cyberspace.
• Relevant issues and challenges are particular to the UK and India.

Alumni from this fellowship include individuals working in cybersecurity, law enforcement, policy organisations, corporate lawyers and practicing advocates, and technology journalists.

This fellowship programme will commence in March 2021.