Cyber Weapons

Hypersonic weapons are weapons that move at speeds of Mach 5 or more. Presently, hypersonic weapon technology is a work in progress and these weapons are yet to become fully operational for military deployment.

• Ajey Lele
• 2017
• IDSA Occasional Papers

Cyberconflict in Ukraine has become normalised in that it is focused, there is no lasting damage, and it effectively conveys a sense of helplessness to the affected government and population. At the same time, it signals to other governments that they are not impervious to such attacks.

• Cherian Samuel
• February 23, 2022
• IDSA Comments

Cyber-related risks to the energy sector can be minimised by strategic intelligence gathering on potential threat actors, weaving of cyber security strategies into corporate decisions, industry-wide collaboration as well as up-to-date backup systems.

• Debopama Bhattacharya
• May 20, 2021
• IDSA Comments

Cyber criminals have caused economic losses and operational disruptions to organisations involved in vaccine research and distribution.

• Debopama Bhattacharya
• January 28, 2021
• IDSA Comments

While maintaining cyber hygiene in these disruptive times is indeed a challenge, each organisation should work towards putting in place a tailor-made work-from-home cyber defence strategy.

• Kritika Roy
• March 30, 2020
• IDSA Comments

TikTok has hooked youngsters around the world. What is worrisome is the lack of understanding about the long-term implications of such social media apps with regard to data protection and national security.

• Kritika Roy
• December 24, 2019
• IDSA Comments

The UNGGE process is the least bad option to keep open channels and maintain continued focus on securing cyberspace.

• Cherian Samuel
• March 21, 2018
• IDSA Comments

Besides military targets, a number of strategic civilian targets, like urban data and communication centres, stock exchanges, factories and other centres of gravity could also be attacked by e-bombs.

• Atul Pant
• October 13, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The US decision to elevate its Cyber Command to that of a Unified Combatant Command sends a strong signal to entities and countries inimical to its interests to recalibrate their security calculus.

• Munish Sharma
• August 25, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Most attacks prior to Petya were carried out by criminals for financial gain, but some characteristics of the Petya malware have led to doubts as to whether the culprits are state actors.

• Mohan Babu
• July 13, 2017
• Backgrounder