Cyber Arms Transfer: Meaning, Limits and Implications
Author(s): Max Smeets
Journal Title: Security Studies
Publisher(s): SSRN
Publication Year: 2021
What are the motivations and opportunities for arms transfer in the cyber realm? Having an accurate answer is crucial for understanding the operationalization of cyber commands and intelligence alliances, the functioning of NATO in the 21st century, and the viability of cyber arms controls. In this Security Studies article, CSS' Max Smeets introduces a new conceptual framework to understand the elements of an offensive cyber capability and explains incentives and dynamics in relation to cyber arms transfers.