Cyber Security

The monograph looks at how major powers have tried to pursue three objectives in cyberspace, viz. (1) strengthening or enhancing national cyber defences, and (2) striving to shape the international cyber environment by leveraging economic and technological capabilities, and (3) through defining and evangelising international cyber norms. A section on the cybersecurity preparedness of the countries of the South Asian region is incorporated to highlight those vulnerabilities and deficient capacities and capabilities that give the major powers a foothold to pursue their objectives.

• Cherian Samuel
• Monograph

• Namrata Goswami
• Book

There is a need to formulate a national strategy to tackle ransomware threat as this cybercrime affects governments, businesses and individuals.

• Cherian Samuel
• October 20, 2023
• IDSA Comments

Organisations must develop distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) response plans and promote a culture of cyber hygiene among their workforce.

• Rohit Kumar Sharma
• August 01, 2023
• Issue Brief

The Biden administration’s Executive Order on commercial spyware aims to address the challenges posed by unregulated proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware.

• Rohit Kumar Sharma
• May 19, 2023
• Issue Brief

The name recognition associated with multilateral organisations like the G-20 and the QUAD provides a useful entry point for creating awareness on cybersecurity issues for the common man.

• Rohit Kumar Sharma
• April 24, 2023
• IDSA Comments

The Russia–Ukraine cyberwar has upended a number of existing preconceptions about cyber conflict in an active war.

• Cherian Samuel
• February 03, 2023
• IDSA Comments

Militaries are the sword arm of the state, entrusted with defending the state against all threats that would harm its interests. These threats are increasingly emanating from cyberspace and militaries around the world are being called upon formally to undertake responsibility for defending against threats from this domain in addition to the existing physical domains of land, sea, air and space. The unique nature of this domain has required some restructuring on the part of the military.

• Cherian Samuel
• January-March 2023
• Journal of Defence Studies

The Quad has cautiously carved out a practical and cooperative agenda on issues of cybersecurity.

• Krutika Patil
• June 22, 2022
• IDSA Comments

The Russia–Ukraine conflict, as well as Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, draw light on the geopolitics of data routing and the usage of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) as a tool of control.

• Krutika Patil
• April 29, 2022
• Issue Brief