The Ethics of Cyber Warfare

Dayem, Lina

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Title

The Ethics of Cyber Warfare

Author(s)

Dayem, Lina

Issue Date

2018

Keyword(s)

• Ethics
• Cyber Warfare
• Global Studies
• International Politics
• International Security

Abstract

As modern society advances technologically, information networks have become vulnerable to wrongdoing by malicious states and non-state actors. With recent strikes affecting critical infrastructures around the globe, the threats associated with cyber attacks no longer seem like science fiction. While the world has not yet faced catastrophic cyber assaults, our dependency on information networks exposes us to potentially devastating attacks. Thesetechnologies present attractive targets for cyber attackers aiming to undermine national interests or even to threaten state sovereignty. The international community is at a critical juncture: we now have the opportunity to determine what is morally permissible with regard to cyber warfare before we are ever faced with a worst-case scenario.

Publisher

Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright 2018 Lina Dayem

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