Britain's emerging cyber-strategy

Lonsdale, David J.

Abstract

© RUSI JOURNAL AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016. In recent years, cyber-power has attracted a great deal of attention in government strategy and security reviews. This has been matched by regular increases in budget and the establishment of new organisations to co-ordinate UK activity in cyberspace. The result is the emergence of UK cyber-strategy. However, David J Lonsdale argues that at present UK cyber-strategy is not comprehensive, nor does it cohesively bring together the different elements of cyber-power to effectively serve UK policy objectives. Here, he identifies the components of the UK’s emerging cyber-strategy and assesses the UK’s approach against a comprehensive cyber-strategy framework. The latter includes seven elements: defence; cyber-espionage; information manipulation; widespread disruptive attacks; raids; joint operations; and deterrence.

Citation

Lonsdale, D. J. (2016). Britain's emerging cyber-strategy. RUSI Journal, 161(4), 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2016.1232880

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 2, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Sep 29, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 3, 2018
• Journal: RUSI journal
• Print ISSN: 0307-1847
• Electronic ISSN: 1744-0378
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 161
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 52-62
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2016.1232880
• Keywords: Cyber-strategy; Cyber-security
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/442854
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2016.1232880
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in: RUSI journal, 2016. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.