Beyond Ones and Zeroes: Reframing cyber conflict

Author(s): Miguel Alberto Gomez
Journal Title: International Affairs Forum
Volume: 2
Issue: 1
Pages: 95-98
Publication Year: 2017

Over the past decade, a steady stream of cyber operations has captured the imagination and stoked fears of the public at large. The possibility that a society increasingly reliant on cyberspace is at the mercy of actors capable of exploiting this dependency has been parroted across different quarters - from politicians, military leaders, and even academics. This essay argues that perhaps the time has come to reorient our views with respect to the nature of cyber conflict. This essay proposes that two shifts are necessary before one can dismiss the strategic utility of cyber operations. First, we must begin to prioritize strategic considerations over technological determinism.Second, the notion of success in cyberspace must be framed in the context of heterogeneous threat perceptions.

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