Establishing cyber warfare doctrine
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2012-04-01
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Henley-Putnam University
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Over the past several decades, advances in technology have transformed
communications and the ability to acquire, disseminate, and utilize information
in a range of environments. Modern societies and their respective
militaries have taken advantage of a robust information space through
network-centric systems. Because military and commercial operations
have increasingly converged, communication and information infrastructures
are now high-priority military objectives in times of war. This article
examines the theoretical underpinning of current cyber warfare research,
what we have learned so far about its application, and some of the emerging
themes to be considered; it also postulates the development of a
(national) cyber warfare doctrine (CWD). An endeavor of this scale
requires lots of considerations and preparation for its development if it is
to be cooperatively embraced. This article considers why information
technology systems and their supporting infrastructures should be considered
legitimate military targets in conflicts, and offers several events
that support this supposition. In addition, it identifies the various forms
of doctrine that will become the basis for developing a CWD, discusses a
CWD's possible components, and proposes a national collaborative and
discussion framework for obtaining a nation's stakeholder buy-in for such
an endeavor.
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Journal of Strategic Security, 2012, 5 (1), pp. 31 - 48 (16)