Cyberwar

Cyberwar is the domain of warfare in which military and paramilitary forces conduct defensive and offensive operations using computer networks. Although military forces around the globe are continually modifying computer systems in an attempt to make them more secure, the computer software running on servers, switches, routers, and other attached computing hardware that make up these networks remains vulnerable to exploitation by skilled computer technicians known as “cyberwarriors.” As militaries around the world have become more dependent on computer networks in land, air, sea, and space domains, they have increasingly focused on cyberwar capabilities. Logistical support running over the civilian Internet is particularly vulnerable, but private networks designed to support military command, control, communications, and intelligence operations have the same potential vulnerabilities as they run ...