Armed conflict no longer unfolds solely on the battlefield. It is fought fiercely along digital frontlines—from disinformation campaigns that aim to erode public trust in leaders and institutions, exacerbate tensions among identity groups, and sometimes undermine peace to cyberattacks that disrupt or destroy critical systems. In Sudan’s civil war between the army and the paramilitary […]
Tag: cyber security
-
-
Once considered petty crime, cybercrime has evolved into a giant, automated, and illicit business almost as profitable as the narcotics trade. Cyberattacks on schools, hospitals, and government agencies have increased, and concern among nations has also increased, as these attacks involve not just financial losses but threats to peace and security. This concern led to […]
-
In the current climate, Iran could consider using its cyberattack capability as part of its retaliation for the killing of Soleimani.
-
There will always be intractable cyber threat actors. The challenge is to generate adaptive and effective responses that are infused with the ingenuity and persistence to match, meet, and defeat similarly adaptive and committed adversaries.
-
Russia and China’s cyber cooperation is a marriage of convenience that reflects a shared priority: regime stability.
-
As governments begin to think more carefully about companies’ use of measures to actively defend themselves, officials and decision-makers would do well to ground their deliberations in a broader transnational context.
-
National governments may be loath to limit their own freedom of action, unless presented with a clear and convincing case that doing so will be in their best interests.
-
The challenge for countries as well as companies is magnified by the nature of the cyber domain, where the advantage lies with the attacker. A defender can spend billions on cybersecurity and must succeed every time, whereas the attacker must only succeed once.
-
The scale of this intrusion into a major European public service television station is unprecedented, and a worrying escalation of the scope and capability for politically motivated attacks on the media and freedom of speech.
-
IPI’s Thong Nguyen reviews the book ‘The Naked future,’ in which Patrick Tucker argues that increasing telemetry and connectivity may help us improve our ability to predict the future.
