The Cyber Threat to Nuclear Stability
نویسنده
چکیده
The thesis of this article is that cyber war technologies are spilling over into precision strike and nuclear mission areas. The result will transform deterrence and arms race stability and lead to other significant changes. The driver behind this is a combination of long standing problems with mobile missiles along with new technologies not usually factored into strategic assessments: big data analytics, computer vision, and related information systems. When combined with drones and precision strike, the hunt for mobile missiles is becoming faster, cheaper, and better. The implications of this finding vary by country, but will shape major power nuclear modernization, crisis stability among secondary powers, and conventional attack of nuclear deterrents. Air Force Staff and civilian personnel concentrate on exercise scenarios during “Cyber Guard 2015" in Suffolk, Va (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard.)
منابع مشابه
A Review on Cyberspace Security: Lessons for Islamic Republic of Iran
Today governments face a threat by cyber attacks capable of disrupting communicative, economic and vital services that cause severe damages and losses. It has been years that Islamic republic of Iran benefits from cyberspace in different military and civilian sectors. Sensitive national centers such as nuclear facilities and Ministry of Oil have been targeted by individuals, groups and governme...
متن کاملAssessment of Cyber Security Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants Security Incidents, Threats, and Initiatives
Nuclear power plants play an important role in electricity production for many countries. They supply power to industries, centers, government facilities, and residential areas. Yet, upon review, several cases reveal that even a small-scale attack on a nuclear power plant could lead to catastrophic consequences for a country’s citizens, economy, infrastructure, and security. In recent years, th...
متن کاملInformation Technology and Security
This paper examines key trends and developments in information technology, and the implications of those developments on stability and security. Focus is on cyber threats to computer networks, including information theft and sabotage, and acts that disrupt or deny services. Seven trend areas are examined: ubiquity, mobility, hacking tools, performance, vulnerabilities, groundedness, and informa...
متن کاملPbnc 2012 Challenges of Cyber Security for Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) become one of the most important infrastructures in providing efficient and non-interrupted electricity in a country using radioactive elements due to global warming and shortage of fossil resources. To provide the higher reliability and better performance with additional diagnostic capabilities in operating NPPs, digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) systems hav...
متن کاملTraining organizational supervisors to detect and prevent cyber insider threats: two approaches
Cyber insider threat is intentional theft from, or sabotage of, a cyber system by someone within the organization. This article explores the use of advanced cognitive and instructional principles to accelerate learning in organizational supervisors to mitigate the cyber threat. It examines the potential advantage of using serious games to engage supervisors. It also posits two systematic instru...
متن کامل