The rise of cyber power in Brazil

Devanny, Joe; Goldoni, Luiz Rogério Franco; Medeiros, Breno Pauli

doi:10.1590/0034-7329202200113

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“…This is achieved through a combined application of coercion ('hard power') and persuasion ('soft power'). Soft and hard power are not exclusive 'categories' but rather comprises a continuum of overlapping aspects ranging from diplomacy and intelligence gathering, to cyber weapons (Van der Waag-Cowling 2019; Devanny, Goldoni & Medeiros, 2022). Used in unison, soft and hard power constitute smart power'.…”

Section: 'Offensive' Dimensionmentioning

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“…'Offensive' as used here involves more than cyber war /disruptions and also includes influencing, intelligence gathering and surveillance. In fact, "mature offensive cyber capability" includes "intelligence collection and analysis" (Devanny, Goldoni and Medeiros, 2022), as well as cyber counterintelligence (CCI). The latter in turn includes substantial defensive facets (Duvenage, 2019).…”

Section: 'Offensive' Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Respective nation states thus possess more, less or roughly equal degrees of cyber power. Since cyber power is relativistic and relational (Devanny, Goldoni and Medeiros, 2022) distinctions are made between cyber super powers, major powers and lesser role-players (Segal, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cyber power in the African context: an exploratory analysis and proposition

Duvenage

Bernhardt

Solms

2023

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While the centrality of cyber power in the safeguarding and advancing nation states’ national interests and objectives is now widely accepted, the academic discourse (on cyber power) is still incipient. In literature reviewed, cyber power is predominantly viewed as comprising of two dimensions, namely offensive and defensive. The exploratory analysis we conducted found that Africa’s unique, contextual factors necessitate an expanded conceptualisation of cyber power. This alternative conceptualisation does not dispute the existing notion that cyber power has offensive and defensive dimensions. The fact that cyber is by its very nature borderless and that African countries function in an interconnected global arena of competition and conflict, are also not contested. What is required is the addition of a third dimension to cyber power, namely developmental power. This paper advances a tentative proposition on a cyber-power triad (with offensive, defensive and developmental dimensions). This proposition, we argue, is more apposite to African countries’ national objectives —strategically and in the allocation of resources. At least on a notional level, the cyber-power triad can guide the leveraging of the asymmetric advantages that cyber space offers African nation states and in a manner that pursues all three (cyber power) dimensions in a complementary manner. Such synergetic wielding of cyber power is one of the keys indispensable to African countries addressing their substantial challenges and unlocking their vast potential.

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Section: 'Offensive' Dimensionmentioning

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Cyber power in the African context: an exploratory analysis and proposition

Duvenage

Bernhardt

Solms

2023

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“…If malicious hackers choose to take advantage of this prognosis, it may take them little more than a few months to get into the system and gain access. It was first thought that a significant number of the victims were using an unsupported version of Windows XP [13][14][15]. Enterprises need to make sure they investigate the safety options that are provided by the platform systems service providers.…”

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Optimised Ensemble Classification Model for Detecting Cyber Attacks

Venkatesan¹,

Das²,

Babu³

2023

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The repercussions of cyberattacks may be far-reaching, despite the minimal costs involved, the ease with which they can be executed, and the difficulty in pinpointing their origin. Current network architecture is one of the main obstacles that makes pinpointing the perpetrators of cyberattacks difficult. The absence of enforcement tools under international law makes it impossible to prosecute those guilty for cyberattacks, even when they may be identified. This complicates the process of punishing individuals who launch cyberattacks. Attribution is not a reliable deterrent since it is difficult to prosecute criminal charges in conjunction with cyberattacks. Due to the accessibility of the internet, it is feasible that examining data from social media can help us better understand what motivates hackers. We construct a model to identify the origin of the DDoS assault as part of our inquiry. The number of devices and their individual rights to access a network’s features are both determined by an ensemble classification model. To ensure that the model can detect the attack, a simulation is run.

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The rise of cyber power in Brazil

Abstract: Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto e distribuído sob os termos da Licença de Atribuição Creative Commons, que permite uso irrestrito, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, desde que o autor e a fonte originais sejam creditados.

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Cyber power in the African context: an exploratory analysis and proposition

Cyber power in the African context: an exploratory analysis and proposition

Optimised Ensemble Classification Model for Detecting Cyber Attacks

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