journal article

Security Aspects of Hybrid War, COVID-19 Pandemic and Cyber-Social Vulnerabilities

Briggs C.; Danyk Y.; Maliarchuk T.

Publication year: 2021
Source / journal: connections
Country of origin: Ukraine, USA
Language: English
Authors’ affiliations: University of Alaska Anchorage, United States, National Technical University of Ukraine ?Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,?, Ukraine, NATO DEEP Working Group, Ukraine
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Abstract

While developments in cyber technologies have advanced the propagation and reach of hybrid warfare, the COVID-19 pandemic has ac-celerated many vulnerabilities and critical dependencies. This article ex-plores the fundamental aims and strategies of hybrid warfare in terms of psychological underpinnings and technological reach and links to emerging issues of disinformation, cybercrime, fake news, information trauma, and the influence of new modes of education on national security and state resilience. © 2021, Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes. All rights reserved.

Author keywords

cognitive hacking, covid-19, cyber security, cyber technologies, cyber-social vulnerabilities, cyber-attacks, e-learning, emotional warfare, hybrid warfare, information trauma

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