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Offensive Cyber Operations: An Examination of Their Revolutionary Capabilities

Wardle, Madelyn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1620995515559657

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2021, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
Since the cyber realm has become a prevalent area in society, states have been developing ways to use this realm to their advantage. Popular literature asserts that cyber attacks are equalizing, frequently-occurring events that make them “revolutionary” tools of warfare; however, this study hypothesizes that cyber operations are not as revolutionary as the literature asserts. This study examines the revolutionary capabilities of offensive cyber operations by studying documented cases of state-sponsored offensive cyber operations from 2005-2019. By utilizing statistical methods, first the paper examines the documented cases and analyzes which states conduct most of these operations. Then, the paper will use statistical methods to examine the trends in states that have publicly documented instances of cyber operations versus those that do not.
Liam D. Anderson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Carlos E. Costa, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
114 p.
International Relations; Political Science
cyber realm; cyber attacks; offensive cyber operations

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  • Wardle, M. (2021). Offensive Cyber Operations: An Examination of Their Revolutionary Capabilities [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1620995515559657

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wardle, Madelyn. Offensive Cyber Operations: An Examination of Their Revolutionary Capabilities. 2021. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1620995515559657.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wardle, Madelyn. "Offensive Cyber Operations: An Examination of Their Revolutionary Capabilities." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1620995515559657

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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