Designing attack infrastructure for offensive cyberspace operations
2020 (English)In: Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security: a virtual conference hosted by University of Chester UK 25-26 June 2020 / [ed] Thaddeus Eze, Lee Speakman, Cyril Onwubiko, Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2020, p. 473-482Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This article addresses the question ‘what considerations should be taken by cyber commands when designing attack infrastructure for offensive operations?’. Nation-states are investing in equipping units tasked to conduct offensive cyberspace operations. Generating ‘deny, degrade, disrupt, destroy or deceive’ effects on adversary targets requires to move from own (‘green’), through neutral (‘grey’), to adversary (‘red’) cyberspace. The movement is supported by attack infrastructure for offensive cyberspace operations. In this paper, we review the professional and scientific literature identifying the requirements for designing an attack infrastructure. Next, we develop and define the concepts for attack infrastructure. Finally, we explain and describe the considerations for designing attack infrastructure. The research question is answered by proposing a framework for designing attack infrastructure. This framework is vital for military and civilian commands designing attack infrastructure for offensive cyberspace operations.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2020. p. 473-482
Series
Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ISSN 2048-8602, E-ISSN 2048-8610
Keywords [en]
Attack Infrastructure, Cyber Commands, Offensive Cyberspace Operations, Operational Security, Computer crime, Cyberspaces, Offensive operations, Research questions, Scientific literature, Computers
National Category
Control Engineering Information Systems Computer Systems
Research subject
Information Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-19245DOI: 10.34190/EWS.20.077Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85094642484ISBN: 978-1-912764-61-7 (print)ISBN: 978-1-912764-62-4 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-19245DiVA, id: diva2:1500818
Conference
19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, a virtual conference, University of Chester, UK, 25-26 June 2020
2020-11-132020-11-132021-01-28Bibliographically approved