Strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution, and blame
Abstract
Attribution of cyberattacks has strategic and technical components. We provide a formal model that incorporates both elements and shows the conditions under which it is rational to tolerate an attack and when it is better to assign blame publicly. The model applies to a wide range of conflicts and provides guidance to policymakers about which parameters must be estimated to make a sound decision about attribution and blame. It also draws some surprising conclusions about the risks of asymmetric technical attribution capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 27, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.1700442114
Entities
People
- Alexander Furnas
- Benjamin Edwards
- Robert Axelrod
- Stephanie Forrest
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- IBM Research
- National Science Foundation
- Santa Fe Institute
- University of Michigan
- University of New Mexico