An interesting article with some really goof points about the difficulty of dealing cyber attackers and properly defending your system.

The establishment of the US Cyber Command in 2010 confirmed that cyberspace is a new domain of warfare. The computer is not only a target but also a weapon. Therefore, national security thinkers must find a way to incorporate cyberattacks and defense into military doctrine as soon as possible.

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In theory, cyberwarfare might be a good thing for the world if it makes future conflicts shorter and costs fewer lives, which could facilitate economic recovery and post-war diplomacy.

However, it may be difficult to write military doctrine for many aspects of cyberconflict that are truly revolutionary. Here are no fewer than 10 to consider:

1- The Internet is an artificial environment that can be shaped in part according to national security requirements.

2- The blinding proliferation of technology and hacker tools makes it impossible to be familiar with all of them.

3- The proximity of adversaries is determined by connectivity and bandwidth, not terrestrial geography.

4- Software updates and network reconfigurations change cyberbattle space unpredictably and without warning.

5- Contrary to our historical understanding of war, cyberconflict favors the attacker.

6- Cyberattacks are flexible enough to be effective for propaganda, espionage, and the destruction of critical infrastructure.

7- The difficulty of obtaining reliable cyberattack attribution lessens the credibility of deterrence, prosecution, and retaliation.

8- The “quiet” nature of cyberconflict means a significant battle could take place with only the direct participants knowing about it.

9- The dearth of expertise and evidence can make victory, defeat, and battle damage a highly subjective undertaking.

10- There are few moral inhibitions to cyberattacks, because they relate primarily to the use and abuse of data and computer code. So far, there is little perceived human suffering.