The Ethics of Cyber Attack: Pursuing Legitimate Security and the Common Good in Contemporary Conflict Scenarios

ABSTRACT

Cyber attack against Critical National Infrastructure is a developing capability in state arsenals. The onset of this new instrument in national security has implications for conflict thresholds and military ethics. To serve as a legitimate tool of policy, cyber attack must operate in accordance with moral concerns. To test the viability of cyber attack, this paper provides a new perspective on cyber ethics. Cyber attack is tested against the criteria of the common good. This involves identifying the four core components of the common good from a conflict perspective: respect for the person; social wellbeing; peace and security; and solidarity. The fate of these components is assessed in relation to the six key characteristics of cyber attack from a moral standpoint: security; the role or absence of violence; discrimination; proportionality; cyberharm; and the threshold of conflict. It is concluded that the common good must be incorporated into developing state cyber strategies.     

程控交换机硬件系统建模研究

底层功能实现模块是程控交换机多媒体仿真训练系统通用设计平台的关键部分。硬件配置是交换机工作的基础 ,是底层功能实现模块的重要组成部分。该文介绍了交换机硬件系统的建模 ,利用两种典型机型硬件实际的工作情况 ,解释并验证了所建立的通用功能流程图 ,并介绍了参数接口的管理与应用