26 September 2012

Cyberdeterrance and Cyber War, By Martin C. Libicki



Cyberdeterrance and Cyber War
By Martin C. Libicki

“As systems become more hardened, societies become less vulnerable and are likely to become more, rather than less, resistant to further coercion”. With this, do you think there will be a day that cyber attacks will be non-existent? If the system is that robust, will we rely on it even further in the future?

As Professor Hopkins stated in class, a lot of our lives revolve around the Internet; bank accounts, personal documents, confidential information. As the passage suggests, we have by no means established a completely secure system. What would happen to society if, instead of terrorist attacks, there were a cyber attack that targeted the public’s, say, bank accounts and confidential information?

Ethically, what is your view on cyber war? How does it compare to war involving citizens, risking their lives? Will cyber war replace human-defensive tactics? 

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