Defining cyberwar: towards a definitional framework

For nearly thirty years scholars have offered changing definitions of cyberwar. The continued ambiguity demonstrates that efforts at establishing definitional clarity not been successful. As a result, there are many different and contradictory definitions, ranging from cyberwar’s non-existence to cyberwar as an imminent threat. Ongoing makes interdisciplinary research policy communications challenging in this diverse field. Instead offering new definition, paper proposes can be understood through fluid framework anchored three themes five variables identified broad survey literature. This framework's applicability is demonstrated by constructing example definition utilising these variables.