Title: On cyberwarfare

Authors: Won Kim

Addresses: Department of Software Design & Management, Gachon Univeristy, Republic of Korea

Abstract: Today the computer networks of numerous organisations in critical digital infrastructure industries, as well as those of the militaries and governments around the world, are under constant cyberattacks. Many nation states are now preparing for cyberwarfare. However, it is not even clear what cyberwarfare is, as the term is used in the news media. In this paper, we first try to define the term. Then we examine the status of cyberwarfare; in particular, the weapons, the US preparations, the fog and the law of cyberwarfare.

Keywords: cyberwar; cyberwarfare; cyberweapons; law of warfare; rules of engagement; cyberattacks; fog of war.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2012.051522

International Journal of Web and Grid Services, 2012 Vol.8 No.4, pp.321 - 334

Published online: 31 Dec 2014 *

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