Unraveling the Stuxnet Effect: Of Much Persistence and Little Change in the Cyber Threats Debate

dc.creator	Myriam Dunn Cavelty
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:07:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:07:46Z
dc.identifier	2307-793X
dc.identifier	2307-8634
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f782703c8b614f48b6a9f8003470817e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/7841
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f782703c8b614f48b6a9f8003470817e
dc.description	Cyber threats have been on the security political agenda for a number of years. In 2010, Stuxnet, the sophisticated computer worm written to sabotage systems that control and monitor industrial processes stirred up the international community in major ways and catapulted the cyber topic into the sphere of public fears and to the top of everybody’s threat list. As a result, more and more countries consider cyber attacks to be one, if not the major future security threat. This article aims to provide a balanced picture of the phenomenon of cyberwar. It will show how and why the meaning of “cyberwar” has evolved from the narrow conception referring exclusively to military interaction to its broad meaning, which has become detached from “war” and encompasses almost every activity linked to the aggressive use of computers. In particular, it will distinguish between different forms of cyber conﬂict in order to lay the ground for a levelheaded threat assessment. It further shows that there is probably less change and more persistence in the cyber threat debate at large than is currently acknowledged. The threat image has been quite solid since the late 1990s, and Stuxnet has not changed this to any substantial degree. The same can be said for the countermeasures that are planned or envisaged.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Institute for National Security Studies
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dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2307-793X
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2307-8634
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Military and Strategic Affairs, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 11-19 (2011)
dc.subject	cyberwar
dc.subject	cyber
dc.subject	cyberspace
dc.subject	cyber attack
dc.subject	Stuxnet
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.title	Unraveling the Stuxnet Effect: Of Much Persistence and Little Change in the Cyber Threats Debate
dc.type	Article