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The White House Executive Order on Commercial Spyware: Implications and Prospects

The Biden administration’s Executive Order on commercial spyware aims to address the challenges posed by unregulated proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware.

Strengthening the Weakest Link: Creating Cyber Awareness via G-20 and Quad

The name recognition associated with multilateral organisations like the G-20 and the QUAD provides a useful entry point for creating awareness on cybersecurity issues for the common man.

Winners and Losers in the Russia–Ukraine Cyberwar

The Russia–Ukraine cyberwar has upended a number of existing preconceptions about cyber conflict in an active war.

Cherian Samuel
February 03, 2023
IDSA Comments

Militaries in Cyberspace: Approaches, Expectations and Outcomes

Militaries are the sword arm of the state, entrusted with defending the state against all threats that would harm its interests. These threats are increasingly emanating from cyberspace and militaries around the world are being called upon formally to undertake responsibility for defending against threats from this domain in addition to the existing physical domains of land, sea, air and space. The unique nature of this domain has required some restructuring on the part of the military.

Quad and Cybersecurity

The Quad has cautiously carved out a practical and cooperative agenda on issues of cybersecurity.

Russia–Ukraine Conflict and Geopolitics of Data Routing

The Russia–Ukraine conflict, as well as Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, draw light on the geopolitics of data routing and the usage of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) as a tool of control.

Krutika Patil
April 29, 2022
Issue Brief

A Step Beyond Sabre Rattling: Notes from the Ukraine–Russia Cyberconflict

Cyberconflict in Ukraine has become normalised in that it is focused, there is no lasting damage, and it effectively conveys a sense of helplessness to the affected government and population. At the same time, it signals to other governments that they are not impervious to such attacks.

Cherian Samuel
February 23, 2022
IDSA Comments

Countering the Menace of Ransomware

US has undertaken a number of initiatives on cybersecurity, specifically ransomware, one of them being the Counter-Ransomware Initiative Meeting held in October 2021. Whether this attempt by the US to mobilise a larger group of countries to discuss ransomware will lead to real outcomes, or is just meant to endorse its actions, remains to be seen.

Cherian Samuel
October 22, 2021
IDSA Comments

The Dark Web and Regulatory Challenges

The dark web has turned into a hot bed of illegal transactions, posing a threat to the cyberspace across multiple dimensions.

Growing Cyber Risks to Energy Infrastructure

Cyber-related risks to the energy sector can be minimised by strategic intelligence gathering on potential threat actors, weaving of cyber security strategies into corporate decisions, industry-wide collaboration as well as up-to-date backup systems.