No. 71: Cyberwar

Concept, Status quo, and Limitations

Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 71
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

Political, economic, and military conflicts are increasingly also being carried out in cyberspace. However, conceptually, the notion of cyberwar only includes a narrow sub-section of all conflicts in cyberspace. At the operative level, capabilities for cyberwarfare are becoming increasingly important. Nevertheless, the prospects for strategic IT wars that only take place in the virtual space remain extremely unlikely. For many states, there is a particular need for action in the area of cyberdefence.

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