Strategic Impact of Cyber Warfare Rules for the United States
Abstract
Despite the growing complexities of cyberspace and the significant strategic challenge cyber warfare poses on the United States' vital interests few specific rules for cyber warfare exist. The United States should seek to develop and maintain cyber warfare rules in order to establish internationally accepted norms, mitigate damage to critical governmental, commercial and private resources, and help hold belligerent actors accountable. The cyber attacks against Georgia in the summer of 2008 provide a contemporary example of the complexities associated with cyber attack attribution, application of the Law of Armed Conflict's principles of war, and the international community's ineptitude in responding. These along with other justifications exemplify the need for multilaterally prepared cyber warfare rules that will reduce the negative influence cyber warfare presently has on the United States' national interests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA522001
Entities
People
- Paul A. Matus
Organizations
- United States Army War College