REUTERS/Rick Wilking - MSgt Michael Gregory, senior operations controller, works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S.
Opinion
Is There Such a Thing as Cyberwar?
September 27, 2013, Ian Wallace
Ian Wallace asks, “what is the definition of cyberwar?” While cyber represents a disruptive technology and a potential new battlespace, he argues that it is not appropriate to describe current cyber activities as “war.” War is temporary and objective-oriented, but cyber is a permanent space without clearly delineated goals.