Publication

Nov 2019

Miguel Alberto Gomez writes that as the number of politically relevant cyber incidents rises, the correct attribution of these incidents becomes ever more crucial. In this publication, Gomez investigates how foreign policy elites evaluate cyber operations, finding that pre-existing beliefs and perspectives often shape attribution. Due to such perspectives, elites are susceptible to false-flag operations and insufficiently accounting for new information. More information about a cyber-incident is thus not enough to guarantee sound attribution. This reinforces the need to develop mechanisms that minimize the impact of biased judgements on state behavior.

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Author Miguel Alberto Gomez
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