The Escalation of State Sponsored Cyberattack and National Cyber Security Affairs: Is Strategic Cyber Deterrence the Key to Solving the Problem?

Abstract

During the past decade, nation-states have started to utilize the cyber domain as a means to serve their national interest. An overview of the trend of cyberattacks in the last decade reveals that cyberattacks frequently follow incidents of international discord or conflict. Some nation-states have engaged in a cyberattack for the purpose of intervening in the domestic affairs of a nearby country. Therefore, cyber security has become a top priority in national and international security. In order to stop potential state adversaries conducting cyberattacks against national interest, strong national security policy measures, such as cyber deterrence, collective cyber security, and information sharing, have to be taken to prevent calamities of severe cyberattack.