Establishing cyber warfare doctrine

dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume5
dc.contributor.authorColarik AM
dc.contributor.authorJanczewski LJ
dc.date.available1/04/2012
dc.date.issued1/04/2012
dc.description.abstractOver 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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dc.format.extent31 - 48 (16)
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Strategic Security, 2012, 5 (1), pp. 31 - 48 (16)
dc.identifier.doi10.5038/1944-0472.5.1.3
dc.identifier.elements-id221435
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1944-0472
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/8266
dc.publisherHenley-Putnam University
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Strategic Security
dc.relation.urihttp://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol5/iss1/7/
dc.titleEstablishing cyber warfare doctrine
dc.typeJournal article
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