Understanding “Cyber Conflict”

Abstract

Problem: Emergence of cyber as the new arena for conflict raises three basic questions: (a) What qualifies as a Cyber Conflict? (multiple definitions exist); (b) Does intervention of cyber in conflict life-cycle requires new models to decipher control points in cyberspace?; and (c) What is different between conflicts in kinetic and cyberspace?

Solution: Application of USE CASE ANALYSIS to understand the mechanics of cyber conflict to arrive at a model of cyber conflict in a data driven manner (analysis of events since 2001). In Software Engineering domain use case analysis is used as an established tool to define processes and roles a stakeholder employs to interact with a system, and system’s response to the user stimulus.