Cyber Arms Transfer: Meaning, Limits, and Implications

Author(s): Max Smeets
Journal Title: Security Studies
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Year: 2022

What are the motivations and opportunities for arms transfer in the cyber realm? Having an accurate answer to this question is crucial for understanding the operationalization of cyber commands and intelligence alliances, the functioning of the NATO, and the viability of cyber arms controls. In this context, in his Security Studies article, CSS' Max Smeets introduces a new conceptual framework in order to understand the elements of an offensive cyber capability and explains how the incentives of cyber arms transfer differ across the different elements of this framework.

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