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Study Course Description
Increasing Resilience and Bolstering Societal and Institutional Capabilities to Hybrid Threats
Course Code
SZF_156
Branch of Science
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ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Business Management; Civil and Military Defense; Management Science; Political Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Vitālijs Rakstiņš
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
The aim of the course is to provide a structured knowledge of resilience and business continuity in order to minimise the vulnerability to hybrid threats. The course will introduce students to the international and national regulatory and institutional frameworks for security and resilience. The course will cover cross-sectoral measures to mitigate hybrid threats by strengthening the resilience of individuals and organisations. It will also cover security of supply, foreign direct investment, economic security, cyber security and information security. In the practical sessions of the course, students will be provided with the necessary knowledge on resilience and business continuity planning at the individual, organisational and national levels.
Preliminary Knowledge
Acquired study course "Hybrid threats phenomena: concepts, strategies, policies, legal frameworks".
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Understands the international and national resilience framework, legal frameworks and standards, and current trends. Has an in-depth knowledge of resilience capacity building and cooperation between the institutions involved in crisis situations.
Skills
1.Students demonstrate the ability to think in terms of organisational security, to independently obtain and gather information, analyse risks and predict causal relationships, prepare the necessary documents, reports, presentations and publications. Students are able to discuss hybrid threats and resilience issues in a reasoned way. They are able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in planning the operational security and business continuity of an organisation.
Competences
1.Students are competent in dealing with the high complexity of hybrid threat prevention and resilience. They are able to integrate knowledge from different domains, contributing to the creation of new knowledge.
Assessment
Individual work
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1. Attendance of seminars and lectures – mandatory, 20% (the lecturer evaluates the student's participation and activity in lectures and seminars).
2. Permanent work (group work/synopsis/analysis) and presentation – mandatory, 30% (the lecturer evaluates the student's skills: to keep the audience's attention, the ability to find and select viable innovative ideas, to discuss the latest trends in the context of the study course topics).
3. Development of summaries – mandatory, 20% (the lecturer assesses the student's ability to independently obtain, select and analyse information in the context of the study course).
4. Examination – mandatory, 30% (the lecturer assesses the student's knowledge and understanding in the context of the study course topics).
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Examination
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A final grade will be determined based on audience participation, group assignments, presentations, final work and exams.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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2
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Introduction to resilience. History, concepts. A systematic approach. Challenges with hybrid risk management. Scenario-based approach. Resilience as building the internal capacity of an organisation for all types of threats. Resilience measures as part of a national security framework. Resilience and instruments of national power.
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2
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International approach to resilience. NATO. EU. OECD. UN. International practice. International standards. Resilience and sustainability. Principles of good governance.
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Economic and financial sustainability. Energy system resilience. Strategic dependencies. Critical technologies and materials. Security of supply risks. Measures to mitigate hybrid threats.
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Information and cognitive resilience. Hybrid threats in the information environment. Measures to mitigate hybrid threats. Psychological resilience of individuals and communities. Protection from psychological and cognitive operations.
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Digital resilience. Explanation of concepts and challenges. Basic principles of cyber security. Cyber resilience. Data security and resilience. Data misuse prevention. Artificial intelligence and social networking algorithms. Measures to mitigate hybrid threats.
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Workshop, case study. Test (on the first five topics).
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Culture of preparedness. National security roles, responsibilities and accountabilities. Role of the private sector and society in the national security system. Delegation of national security functions to the private sector. Measures to mitigate hybrid threats.
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Civil-military cooperation. Armed Forces support to civil society. Civil military interdependencies, or the role of the civilian sector in national defence. Civilian control of the armed forces. Tools to mitigate and prevent hybrid threats. The role of the armed forces in a hybrid threat situation.
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Civil defence and resilience. Civil protection and civil defence functions and objectives to reduce vulnerabilities to hybrid threats. Levels of responsibility of organizations /communities, local government and the State. Civil protection plans. Crisis Management Board and Civil Defence Operational Control Centre.
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Students' individual work on civil protection plans. Analysis.
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Societal resilience. The role of communities and civil society in societal resilience. Psychological resilience. Measures to mitigate societal vulnerabilities and hybrid threats. Societal resilience as part of a total defence / comprehensive national defence system. Civil society resilience.
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Workshop. Test (on the last four topics).
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Whole-of-government approach. The need for institutional cooperation to prevent and cope with hybrid threats and to build resilience. Institutional framework and coordination mechanisms. The role of national and local governments. Information sharing. Culture of cooperation. National mechanisms to prevent and respond rapidly to hybrid threats.
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Workshop, case studies. Situation table-top exercise, crisis simulation.
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Public-private interaction in resilience. Critical role of the private sector in building resilience. Cooperation mechanisms, constraints and culture of cooperation. Private sector initiatives to strengthen resilience.
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Resilience of infrastructure to short and long-term threats. National regulation and industry standards. Security by design. Security by demand. Measures to mitigate vulnerabilities and hybrid threats. Disruptive technologies and their impact on infrastructure resilience.
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Whole-of-society approach to resilience. The role of individuals and communities. Cooperation with public authorities. Delegation of public functions. Involvement of public representatives in national security issues. Foreign experiences of whole-of-society engagement to address different threats, including hybrid threats.
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Workshop (hybrid threat case studies). Test on the previous five topics.
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Developing, planning and managing individual resilience. In the practical session, individual work and presentation on individual resilience.
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Developing, planning and managing individual resilience. In the practical session, individual work and presentation on individual resilience.
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Developing, planning and managing community resilience. In the practical session, individual work and presentation on community resilience.
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Developing, planning and managing community resilience. In the practical session, individual work and presentation on community resilience.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Nacionālā drošības koncepcija. (2023)/On Approval of the National Security Concept (2023)
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Nacionālās drošības likums/National Security Law
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Hybrid CoE. (2023). ‘Hybrid threats: A comprehensive resilience ecosystem (CORE).
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OECD. (2019). Resilience Strategies and Approaches to Contain Systematic Threats.
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Council of the European Union (2019). Council Conclusions on Complementary efforts to enhance resilience and counter hybrid threats.
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Making Critical Infrastructure Resilient: Ensuring Continuity of Service - Policy and Regulations in Europe and Central Asia. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. (2020).
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Hagelstam, A. (2016). Resilience Inside and Out: A Finnish Perspective. In Forward Resilience: Protecting Society in an Interconnected World. Edited by Daniel S. Hamilton. Washington: Center for Transatlantic Relations.
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Fjäder, C. (2014). The nation-state, national security and resilience in the age of globalization. Resilience, Vol. 2, No 2.
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Nations (UN). UN Common Guidance on Helping Build Resilient Societies.
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The UK Government Resilience Framework. (2022).
Additional Reading
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Building resilience for the future – Lessons from Ukraine.
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standarts ISO 31000:2018 - Risk management - Guidelines
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Nordic Societal Security. Sebastian Larsson & Mark Rhinard/ London: Routledge, (2020). 268.lpp. ProQuest Ebook Central Open Access Complete
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OECD Recommendation on the Governance of Critical Risks. (2014).
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International standard ISO 22301:2019 Security and resilience. Business continuity management systems.
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Roepke, Wolf-Diether and Hasit Thankey. “Resilience: the first line of defence.” NATO Review, (27 February 2019).
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The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It. 2nd Edition. Douglas W. Hubbard. (2020). 336.lpp. Ebook Central Academic Complete
8.
RAND research: Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience and Resistance. (2019).
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OECD. (2020). Good governance for critical infrastructure resilience.
10.
Bouncing forward: a resilience approach to dealing with COVID-19 and future systemic shocks.
11.
Romanyshyn, L. (2023). Ukraine’s Total Democratic Resilience in the Shadow of Russia’s War. Carnegie Europe. Ukraine’s Total Democratic Resilience in the Shadow of Russia’s War - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
12.
Praktyka, T.I., Reczkowski, R.S., & Lis, A. (2022). Cognitive Warfare: what is our actual knowledge and how to build state resilience? [PDF] Cognitive Warfare: what is our actual knowledge and how to build state resilience? | Semantic Scholar
Other Information Sources
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Hybrid CoE - an autonomous, network-based international organization countering hybrid threats.