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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Model for Characterizing Cyberpower
Authors : Adrian Venables, Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, James Shuttleworth
Published in: Critical Infrastructure Protection IX
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Cyberspace may well be the “great equalizer” where nation states and non-state actors can wield cyberpower and compete on relatively equal terms. Leveraging current views and uses of cyberpower, this chapter redefines cyberspace and introduces a three-dimensional model that expresses how cyberpower can be exercised. The model, which is divided into distinct layers, each with its own unique characteristics, offers a notion of distance through a view of cyberspace that introduces the concepts of near, mid and far space. Cyberpower is examined from the perspective of national security. A range of prominent cyber attacks are qualitatively assessed and compared within the context of the model.