Munish Sharma

This monograph delves into the various aspects of definitions and understandings of critical information infrastructure and explores the threat actors, perspectives and trends in the emerging practice of critical information infrastructure protection.

• Published: 2017
• Monograph

This monograph examines the key technologies behind 5G, the requirements of infrastructure and spectrum, and the emerging landscape with the rise of Chinese telecommunication equipment manufactures. It delves into China’s rise as a key technology provider in the telecommunications sector, and a prime contributor to standards development.

• Published: 2019
• Monograph

The article makes an attempt to bring to the fore the various factors which are considered in the due process of attribution of a cyber-attack and the correlation of credible attribution with cyber deterrence. The focal point of the article is a three-step approach to model the decision-making process behind attribution of cyber-attacks using Bayesian Belief Networks and a case study to elucidate on the functioning of the model.

• Published: January 2021
• Strategic Analysis

China’s proposal for a new Internet Protocol (IP) is a reflection of its desire to revamp and mould the Internet. This is in line with its ambitions to rise to the “commanding heights” of the scientific and technological competition.

• Published: October 15, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Riding the technology wave, China eyes global dominance of RMB as a reserve currency and a favourable international monetary environment for its economic development.

• Published: May 12, 2020
• IDSA Comments

The existing approach to cyber security is heavily tilted towards practising deterrence by denial, essentially by building defences. However, the concept of deterrence needs further tweaking to make it workable in cyberspace.

• Published: December 16, 2019
• Issue Brief

In this era of complex interdependence, sudden disruptions in supply chains will not only hurt Chinese businesses in the US and elsewhere, but also damage the US economy as well as its reputation as a business destination.

• Published: May 22, 2019
• IDSA Comments

A cyber exercise – whether CyberEx or its successor – needs to be developed as a platform for practitioners and thinkers to test conceptual and technical skills under near-real-world whole-of-nation scenarios of cyber contingencies.

• Published: May 16, 2019
• IDSA Comments

IDSA Consultant Mr Munish Sharma’s article on Maritime Cybersecurity has been published by NMF-India Strategic Year Book 2019 on ‘The Indian Navy: Perspectives and Technologies’, by the National Maritime Foundation.

Analysing maritime cybersecurity, Mr Sharma writes that cybersecurity in maritime domain has two key aspects, on-shore looking at the safe operations of the ships and off-shore for safe business operations of shipping enterprises and terminal operators.

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• Published: 10 May, 2019

Given India’s dependence on imports for 90 per cent of its telecom equipment, the decision to allow Huawei to bid for 5G should be in line with the national interest, rather than taking sides and constraining options.

• Published: April 03, 2019
• IDSA Comments