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Inside Cyber Warfare
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Inside Cyber Warfare

by Jeffrey Carr
December 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
232 pages
7h 30m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 4. Responding to International Cyber Attacks As Acts of War

Introduction by Jeffrey Carr

Whereas the previous chapter discussed some of the legal questions and strategies being debated among the international community of legal scholars, this chapter focuses on one strategy in particular that addresses the fuzzy role of non-state actors in cyber conflicts between nation states, that is, assigning states’ responsibility for their non-action and enacting consequences because of it.

I want to thank Lt. Cdr. Matt Sklerov for laboriously rewriting his 111-page thesis so that I could include it in this book.[2] In my opinion, Matt is one of the rising stars of the Department of Defense, and I feel privileged that he has consented to have his work republished here. Although there are still unresolved issues with Active Defense (such as confusion around attribution), he makes his case so thoroughly and persuasively that I believe it will serve as an excellent platform for further discussion, not just in the U.S. Government, but in governments and military commands around the world.

Introduction

By Lieutenant Commander Matthew J. Sklerov

One of the most heavily debated issues in international law is when states may lawfully respond to cyber attacks in self-defense. While the law of war is comprised of well-known and widely accepted principles, applying these principles to cyber attacks is a difficult task. This difficulty arises out of the fact that the law of war developed, for the most ...

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