Principles of Cyberwarfare

Parks, Raymond C.; Duggan, David Patrick

doi:10.1109/msp.2011.138

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“…Cyber-warfare does not rely on the physical distances between targets, and as such depends on the attacker's or defender's ability to have control over the other's cyberspace. As discussed in [29], the tools and techniques required to start a cyber-warfare can be available to both the attacker and the defender, and requires no forced entry [30]. One of such tools is strongly connected to zero-day vulnerabilities and a prolonged window of exposure for which patches of vulnerabilities are released, made public and installed.…”

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Zero day exploits and national readiness for cyber-warfare

Ibor¹

2018

Nig. J. Tech.

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A zero day vulnerability is an unknown exploit that divulges security flaws in software before such a flaw is publicly reported or announced. But how should a nation react to a zero day? This question is a concern for most national governments, and one that requires a systematic approach for its resolution. The securities of critical infrastructure of nations and states have been severally violated by cybercriminals. Nation-state espionage and the possible disruption and circumvention of the security of critical networks has been on the increase. Most of these violations are possible through detectable operational bypasses, which are rather ignored by security administrators. One common instance of a detectable operational bypass is the non-application of periodic security updates and upgrades from software and hardware vendors. Every software is not necessarily in its final state, and the application of periodic updates allow for the patching of vulnerable systems, making them to be secure enough to withstand an exploit. To have control over the security of critical national assets, a nation must be "cyber-ready" through the proper management of vulnerabilities and the deployment of the rightful technology in the cyberspace for hunting, detecting and preventing cyber-attacks and espionage. To this effect, this paper discusses the implications of zero day exploits and highlights the dangers posed by this cankerworm for an unprepared nation. The paper also adopts the defence-in-depth strategy for national readiness and a foolproof system that enforces the security of critical national infrastructure at all levels.

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Zero day exploits and national readiness for cyber-warfare

Ibor¹

2018

Nig. J. Tech.

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“…Cyber war is part of an underground and obscure arms race, where nations invest billions of dollars to establish digital armies and stocks of digital weapons -for example malicious software codes that are politically motivated, as exemplified by the Stuxnet worm that disrupted and disabled the centrifugal equipment of an Iranian nuclear facility (Langner, 2013). Exacerbating the potential dangers of cyber warfare is the fact that no individual, organisation or government can provide an accurate profile of the vulnerability, threat and risk landscapes evolving in, and emanating from, cyberspace (Mbanaso & Dandaura, 2015;Parks & Duggan, 2011).…”

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“…Another key point that should be understood in this context is the nature of the conspiracy and conflicts, which is, fundamentally, knowledge-based (Parks & Duggan, 2011;Shen & Nettis, 2016). It is not going to be business as usual, i.e., not a matter of buying tanks and weapons, as was the case in the traditional arms race.…”

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“…The strength of every invader lies in its skills, expertise and competence in discovering high-profile, zero-day vulnerabilities. What this entails, as a knowledge-based event, is understanding that the threats are not static, but rapidly evolving, which makes reliance on other countries to supply cyber arms and cyber weapons a dangerous game (Capaccio, 2012;Parks & Duggan, 2011).…”

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Cyber Warfare: African Research Must Address Emerging Reality

Mbanaso¹

2016

Afr. j. inf. commun. (Online)

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“…Cyberspace is defined as "an operational domain whose distinctive and unique character is framed by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to create, store, modify, exchange and exploit information via interconnected ICT-based systems and their associated infrastructures" [30]. Thus, cyber warfare is the kind of war that happens in that space in contrast with the traditional kinetic warfare where physical weapons are used.…”

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Prototyping a Software Defined Utility

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Abstract:The smart grid can be seen as a hybrid system composed by many systems. From a large scale point of view, it combines the electric power system itself and a heterogeneous information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. Additionally, these systems are composed by many building blocks that are designed and managed as separated systems which are hard to fully integrate between each other. Relying on the experiences arisen and the knowledge gathered from the partners during the development of the FP7 European projects INTEGRIS (intelligent electrical grid sensor communications) and FINESCE (future internet smart utility services), this paper presents the software defined utility (SDU) concept for the management of the smart grid and its security, which advocates for the migration of the utility infrastructure to software systems instead of relying on complex and rigid hardware based systems. Following this approach, SDU proposes the evolution of power systems' ICT and the usage of programmable commodity hardware, low-cost sensors, and reliable high-speed IP-based communications underneath. More concretely, this paper proposes some building blocks for the deployment of the SDU (flexible data management infrastructure, context-aware security and web of things interface) and evaluates their functionalities and benefits for the smart grids of the future.

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Principles of Cyberwarfare

Cited by 37 publications

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Zero day exploits and national readiness for cyber-warfare

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