Title: ESCAPING THE CYBER STATE OF NATURE: CYBER DETERRENCE AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Abstract: The existing literature related to cyber security tends to conclude that states cannot rely on so‑calledcyber deterrenceto prevent cyber at‑ tacks. A little analysis however discusses why this is the case and if cyber deterrence can ever be a practical national or international security strategy. Analyzing four cases of cyber attacks against states this paper isolates three variables acting to hinder cyber deterrence including the lack of a cyber legal lexicon difficulty in tracing cyber attacks and too low levels of transparency when establishing national cyberwarfare policies. It is argued such factors can be manipulated via the use of international institutions as evidenced by the existence of the Chemical Weapons Convention Nuclear Non‑Prolifera‑ tion Treaty and certain aspects of the post‑9/11 Bush Doctrine. The task be‑ fore states then is to re‑think purely domestic approaches to cyber security.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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