Managing Risks in Digital Transformation

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Cyberwarfare

War simply means a period or state of fighting between two countries or entities. War often means two countries are in an armed conflict. At times, we also talk about war in the context of poverty. So, in popular consciousness, war refers to a state where a country, organization, or other entity expends an enormous effort in terms of arms, money, and resources to attempt to be victorious over another party with an opposing point of view.

While war itself is a state, warfare is the engagement model or tactics deployed to win. Cyberwarfare is a new form of this, where computing devices and technology are used to digitally attack an enemy country, organization, or entity. The objective of a cyberwar is to inflict damage on people ...