#151 - Cyber War

On this episode we do a master class on cyber warfare. Learn the terminology. Learn the differences and similarities between kinetic and cyber warfare. There's a lot of interesting discussion, so check it out.

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Transcripts https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yJYoVs3pO4u_Zq8UC8YQmnYVGrsH93-H

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-0 - Operations and Planning https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Portals/61/documents/AFDP_3-0/3-0-D15-OPS-Coercion-Continuum.pdf

Dykstra, J., Inglis, C., & Walcott, T. S. (Joint Forces Quarterly 99, October 2020) Differentiating Kinetic and Cyber Weapons to Improve Integrated Combat. https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-99/jfq-99_116-123_Dykstra-Inglis-Walcott.pdf

Tallinn Manual 1.0 published April 2013; 2.0 in 2017 https://ccdcoe.org/research/tallinn-manual/

Version 3.0 under development; inputs solicited at https://ecv.microsoft.com/RRllEKKMJQ

https://www.csis.org/analysis/cyber-operations-during-russo-ukrainian-war

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:57 Definition of Cyber War
• 04:18 Kinetic vs Cyber War
• 07:02 Goal of Offensive Cyber Operations
• 10:06 International Law Applied to Cyber Operations (Sovereignty & Necessity)
• 11:33 Diplomatic, Information, Military, & Economic (DIME)
• 12:57 Proportionality
• 14:04 Law of Distinction
• 15:56 Tallinn Manual
• 18:15 Stuxnet, Sony Pictures, NotPetya, and SolarWinds attacks
• 23:47 Ukraine Cyber War
• 28:21 Comparing old tanks to old mainframes
• 39:55 Winning a Cyber War