A FRAMEWORK FOR THINKING ABOUT CYBER CONFLICT AND CYBER DETERRENCE, WITH POSSIBLE DECLARATORY POLICIES FOR THESE DOMAINS

OUTLINE

A. Deterring Cyber Attacks

• Role of Deterrence in Defense Against Cyber Attacks
• Defending What Against Whom
• Deterring Cyber Attacks by States
• Deterring Cyber Attacks by Sub-State Groups
• Cyber Deterrence in Practice
• A Framework for Thinking About Cyber Conflict and Cyber Deterrence

B. The Role of Declaratory Policy in Cyber Defense

• Perspectives on Declaratory Policy
• Circumstances Addressable by Cyber-Related Declarations
• Limits on the Use of Cyber Force in Peacetime
• Limits on the Use of Cyber Force in Wartime Strawman Policy Declarations
• Assessing the Strawman Declarations
• The Bottom Line