Cyberspace, this new battlefield that is the terrain of digital attacks, is a source of both fascination and fantasy. The identity of the authors of such attacks and the human and material resources available to states to defend against and respond to them raise many questions. All the actors involved—the State, businesses and private individuals—seem far from aware of the seriousness of the threat.
States Face New Challenges from Cyberwarfare and Cybercrime
The digital weapon, now widely deployed in certain countries, has opened up a new battlefield: cyberspace. Even though most attack mechanisms are understood, we still need to pinpoint the authors (civilians, the military, hacker-activists, terrorists and common criminals), and to identify their resources and their motives.
While it is true that in absolute terms few resources are needed to carry out an effective digital attack, it is also true that the effects are proportional to the human and financial investment made. An organisation with a large (even unlimited) budget can cause considerable damage quite anonymously; it can even include in its resources the digital signatures of third parties or countries so as to sow disorder and confusion.
Organising countermeasures and protection demands perfect knowledge both of actors with the potential to organise such an attack, and of those who create, use and commercialise wide-ranging offensive tools on the underground market.
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