AI has become significantly attractive for cyber security stakeholders only in recent times, when latest advancements in this technological field have shown the potential to impact on cyber security. Matteo E. Bonfanti’s chapter will take stock of the contemporary knowledge about when, how, and to what extent AI and cyber security are converging and will shed light on the difficulty to answer these questions, especially if one looks for concrete responses that are valid in the mid-/long term.chevron_right

In this chapter of the CSS Studies in Security and International Relations edited volume on cyber security politics, Jon R. Lindsay puts quantum information technology into political context, focusing on the applications for code making (cryptography) and code breaking (cryptanalysis), as they are particularly dramatic.chevron_right

It is no longer simply fiction that cyberspace satellites are essential for the functioning of more than social media and email, but also for a vast array of critical infrastructures and societal services. Johan Eriksson and Giampiero Giacomello’s chapter addresses the increasing interconnectedness of cyberspace and outer space. While cyberspace infrastructure is increasingly dependent on space infrastructure, especially satellites, consequences for politics and security remain uninvestigated.chevron_right

In their contribution to this CSS Studies in Security and International Relations edited volume, CSS' Miguel Alberto Gomez and Christopher Whyte discuss the outcome of pseudo-experimental war games conducted with policy, military, and technical elites designed to better understand the significance of decision-maker priors and situational context on key concepts such as “red lines”, attribution, and escalation.chevron_right