Many countries have intensified their efforts to develop strategies to counter cybercrime.
, is “a whole of government concept that fuses hard and soft power across many domains and transcends boundaries between peace- and wartime”.
Thinkers such as these have long advocated that Russia pursue its political objectives via information warfare rather than by military force.Cyberspace is often shown as having a physical layer , a logical layer and a human layer . Mostly it is managed by private organisations rather than state actors. So cyber-attacks are in a grey area when it comes to who should be responsible for prevention.
This confusion for the responsibility to protect plays in the hands of the Russian government. It can hurt its adversaries, no matter how large or strong, without having to wage a military campaign.
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