Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

DOI

10.4018/IJCWT.2021070102

Publication Title

International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT)

Volume

11

Issue

3

Pages

15-29

Abstract

The evolving nature of warfare has been changing with cybersecurity and the use of advanced biotechnology in each aspect of the society is expanding and overlapping with the cyberworld. This intersection, which has been described as “biocybersecurity” (BCS), can become a major front of the 21st-century conflicts. There are three lines of BCS which make it a critical component of overall cybersecurity: (1) cyber operations within the area of BCS have life threatening consequences to a greater extent than other cyber operations, (2) the breach in health-related personal data is a significant tool for fatal attacks, and (3) health-related misinformation campaigns as a component of BCS can cause significant damage compared to other misinformation campaigns. Based on the observation that rather than initiating the necessary cooperation COVID-19 helped exacerbate the existing conflicts, the authors suggest that BCS needs to be considered as an essential component of the cyber doctrine, within the Defending Forward framework. The findings are expected to help future cyber policy developments.

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Original Publication Citation

Palmer, X., Lucas, N. P., & Saltuk, K. (2021). COVID-19 and biocybersecurity's increasing role on defending forward. International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT), 11(3), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJCWT.2021070102

ORCID

0000-0002-1289-5302 (Palmer)

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