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The 2007 cyber attacks on estonia, the military use of cyberwar techniques in the 2008 russogeorgian war, and the act of cybotage committed against irans nuclear program using the stuxnet worm are but a few of the most salient signs of a growing trend. In ethics and cyber warfare, internationallyrespected ethicist george lucas delves into the confounding realm of cyber conflict. Unlike past forms of warfare circumscribed by centuries of just war tradition and law of armed conflict prohibitions, cyber warfare occupies a particularly ambiguous status in the conventions of the laws of war. Given recent attacks, specifically in ukraine allegedly conducted by advanced persistent threat apt group 28 known as fancy bear, pawn storm, sandworm, sednit, and sofacy and the asofyetunknown actors who launched the malware known as triss or triton against civilian targets, the discussion of a cyber law of war is both timely and. Law and ethics for virtual conflicts ethics, national security, and the rule of law. Examples of computer ethics cyber ethics cyber law and digital information. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book the routledge handbook of terrorism research. The speakers, in order of presentation, were anne quintin, lt. Cyberterrorism and enemy criminal law stuart macdonald 5. Law and ethics for virtual conflicts explores difficult questions arising from the interface of cyberwar with law and ethics as the two prevailing normative frameworks applicable to war. Polls and the news medias reaction to the issue suggest that cyber threats are one of the critical threats in the international agenda, yet scholars have struggled to seriously tackle the implications of this framework and potential theoretical.
The role of rhetoric in the application of law to activities in cyberspace laurie r blank 6. Examples of computer ethics professional responsibilty software engineering code of ethics and professional practice version 5. This paper sets forth the proceedings of a seminar on the internet in bello. Law and ethics for virtual conflicts is an edited volume of essays arising out of a 2012 conference at the university of pennsylvania law schools center for ethics and the rule of law cerl. These include attacks performed for amusement or bragging rights, such as web defacements conducted just for fun and computer viruses launched out of. Jul 02, 2015 all over the world, there is a growing sense that conflict is spreading from the physical realm to the virtual domain. You can read online cyber war law and ethics for virtual conflicts here in pdf, epub, mobi or docx formats. Law and ethics for virtual conflicts jens david ohlin, kevin govern and claire finkelstein eds. Explores the controversial legal and ethical problems raised by cyber war, critically. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The volume was edited by jens david ohlin, the associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at cornell law school. Edited by jens david ohlin, kevin govern, and claire finkelstein. Law and ethics for virtual conflicts the ashgate research companion to military ethics justice, international law and global security the spectrum of cyber conflict from hacking to information.
Some reflections on the intersection of law and ethics in. Furthermore, cyber attacks put immense pressure on. Ethics and cyber warfare the quest for responsible security in the age of digital warfare george lucas. Just cyber war casus belli, information ethics, and the. Cyber espionage or cyberwar international law, domestic law. By nature, cyber conflicts are an international issue that span across nationstate borders. In particular when does such an attack cross the boundary from a mere criminal act to an act of war. Cyber war law and ethics for virtual conflicts edited by jens david ohlin, kevin govern, and claire finkelstein ethics, national security, and the rule of law. A nato cooperative cyber defence centre of excellence initiative philosophical studies series cyber war. Consequently, on the whole this book is indeed an excellent starting place for those interested in delving into the law and ethics for virtual conflicts.
An individual user may print out a pdf of a single chapter of a monograph in oso for. Computer ethics and cyber law andrew harmic ucf spring 2011 cot 4810 topics in computer science. Lowintensity cyber operations offer states opportunities to undermine adversaries while avoiding the likely strategic and legal costs of massively destruction cyber attacks. Pdf cyber war law and ethics for virtual conflicts kevin govern. Cyberattacks are not explicitly covered under existing laws of war, which took shape in a precyber environment. First, the occurrence of cyber operations in no way alters the classification of an ongoing kinetic conflict. Lowintensity cyber operations and the principle of non. Cyber security has undoubtedly become one of the most the significant and proliferating fields of international relations scholarship. Cyber weapons can imperil economic, political, and military systems by a single act, or by multifaceted orders of effect, with wideranging potential consequences. The rise of nonstate actors in cyberwarfare nicolo bussolati part iii. Indeed, like terrorism, cyber warfare is commonly believed to be a war without rules. Building the ethical cyber commander and the law of armed. Some reflections on the intersection of law and ethics in cyber war maj gen charles j. The rise of nonstate actors in cyberwarfare by nicolo.
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