The Role of State Actors in Cybersecurity: Can State Actors Find Their Role in Cyberspace?

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Author(s): Seunghwan Yeo (Virtual Research Associates, Inc., USA), Amanda Sue Birch (The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA)and Hans Ingvar Jörgen Bengtsson (The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 30
Source title: National Security and Counterintelligence in the Era of Cyber Espionage
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Eugenie de Silva (Booz Allen Hamilton, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9661-7.ch013

Keywords: Cyber Warfare & Terrorism / Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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The growing impact of cyber activities across political, social, economic, and military domains makes cyberspace an essential dimension of human security. The role of states in cybersecurity requires a different approach from conventional security models because the classic concept of statehood comprising territory, population, and nationality is absent in cyberspace. Additionally, security issues in cyberspace are not always between or among states and they frequently lack clear attribution and motivation. This new paradigm of individual and knowledge-centered cyberpower means state actors no longer fully monopolize violence, per Max Weber's definition of a state. Furthermore, unlike the interstate dynamic between nuclear powers, cyber warfare is offense-dominant due to the absence of efficient deterrence. The immediate security concern should be addressing the protection of cybercitizens across borders. Therefore, state actors must cooperate to establish a multilateral uninterrupted network in order to safeguard the cyber commons via mutually assured collective cybersecurity.

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