Cyberspace is a whole new game. We have to start from scratch and build brand-new concepts, doctrines and strategy. Or so it goes. The inherent ‘newness’ of cyberspace has lead most countries to start a painstaking process to define cyberspace, in particular the security aspect of it. The novelty of cyberspace can be quite overstated, but in some ways old rules do not apply—or, at least, they are not as well served in this new domain. One particularly fascinating and important example of this is the role of ambiguity in policy. How to define cyberincidents and determine thresholds for . . .
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Is a volunteer force of cyberwarriors the best available solution for a strong national cyberdefense? That is one of the questions raised at this year’s International Conference on Cyber Conflict (ICCC) in Tallinn, Estonia. The idea behind a volunteer force is that because most states do not have the resources to have a standing cyberforce capable of stopping large-scale attacks, states can rely on a large militia of volunteers in case of emergency. These volunteers would keep their day job, but should a large attack take place they could “take to arms” and protect private and government networks. It . . . |
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