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Defining cyberwar: Towards a definitional framework

Title / Series / Name
Defense & Security Analysis
Publication Volume
37
Publication Issue
3
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Cyberwar
Geopolitics
Internet
Cyber conflict
Cybersecurity
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/13765
Abstract
For nearly thirty years scholars have offered changing definitions of cyberwar. The continued ambiguity demonstrates that efforts at establishing definitional clarity have not been successful. As a result, there are many different and contradictory definitions, ranging from cyberwar’s non-existence to cyberwar as an imminent threat. Ongoing definitional ambiguity makes interdisciplinary research and policy communications challenging in this diverse field. Instead of offering a new definition, this paper proposes that cyberwar can be understood through a fluid framework anchored in three themes and five variables identified in a broad interdisciplinary survey of literature. This framework's applicability is demonstrated by constructing an example definition of cyberwar utilising these themes and variables.
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Journal article
Date
2021
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Identifiers
10.1080/14751798.2021.1959141
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