However, conducting cyber operations to signal deterrence would, paradoxically, increase risks of escalation. This risk is not just hypothetical, especially in light of Russia’s updated declaratory ...

Cyber deterrence has become a hot topic recently. In June, the heads of NATO's member nations agreed to a goal of spending 5% of gross domestic product on defense and deterrence capabilities—including ...

Starting from the first recorded raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne in 793, Viking raids presented European rulers with an unprecedented challenge. Fast, sleek longships could stealthily deploy ...

An cyber crimes specialist with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, looks at the arms of a confiscated hard drive that he took apart. Once the hard drive is fixed, he will put it back together ...

Alarmists say it louder than military officers who prefer to whisper softly, but many cyber world thinkers agree that the United States is vulnerable to a cyber attack. “Our sovereignty is at risk,” ...

The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee says one of the remaining imperatives for the President Obama is to develop a cyber deterrence strategy and pass it forward to the Trump ...

In a time when threats materialize through fiber optic cables faster than kinetic maneuvers, NATO's Command and Control Centre of Excellence (C2COE) is fundamentally rethinking how its 32 member ...

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The Cyberspace Solarium Commission emerged due to the late John McCain’s frustration with current U.S. doctrine on what should trigger a “use of force.” The possibility of a Russian cyberattack ...

The divided political structure of Europe makes it uniquely vulnerable to cyberwarfare from external actors—and European security institutions must devise better ways to respond. Cybersecurity is now ...

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