Cyber defense
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| CIBERDEFENSA ORIENTACIONES PARA EL DISEÑO, PLANEAMIENTO, IMPLANTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO DE UNA CIBERDEFENSA MILITAR 33 Military cyber deterrence 156. Military deterrence is one of the main strategic lines of the armed forces. It is, as Sun Tzu (544-496 BC) said, to win without fighting.” 157. An effective military deterrence capability must meet three requirements capability, determination, and declaration. 158. Deterrence is based on the capability of a potential victim to inflict greater harm than the expected benefits by a potential threat, should an attack be triggered. 159. Military capability must be ready to be used at the right time and place through a continuous training, and evaluation. 160. Determination is the firm will to use force, if necessary, to anticipate, prevent or respond to an attack. 161. Declaration is the public announcement of the capability and determination to be clearly known to potential adversaries. 162. It is neither necessary nor advisable to provide more details on capability than necessary. Flaunting the extent of the effects of the capability should be enough (publishing news, reports or studies, or performing public cyber exercises, maneuvers, etc.). 163. In cyberspace, deterrence is not perceived as clearly as it is in traditional domains because of the difficulty in attributing the origin of the cyber attack. In other words, retaliation must occur against a known attacker and whose authorship is attributable without any doubt, and this, at present, is a complex matter since cyber attackers usually conduct their assaults through compromised third-party networks that are not aware of it. 164. The complexity of attribution in cyberspace makes passive deterrence (having a cyber defense robust enough to make the effort and resources consumed by a potential cyber attack unprofitable) more relevant. 165. Military deterrence is understood from a comprehensive perspective where retaliation against a cyber attack does not necessarily have to be carried out through a cyber defense capability, but through any type of military attack in short, the aim is to stay free of attacks of any kind. Therefore, comprehensive military deterrence is the declared determination to make use of any available military capability (conventional, nuclear and cyber) if necessary. Download 2.54 Mb. Share with your friends:
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