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  • Proceedings of the Third ASE International Conference on Cyber Security

Better Timing of Cyber Conflict

By: Elisabeth Paulson and Christopher Griffin
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Abstract

In this paper, we construct a model of cyber-weapon deployment and attempt to determine an optimal deployment time for cyberweapons using this model. We compare and contrast our approach to that in Axelrod and Iliev (R. Axelrod and R. Iliev. Timing of cyber conflict. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, (1322638111), 2013.), showing that our model accurately captures four real-world scenarios and has fewer quantities that are difficult to measure than the aforementioned approach. Under simplifying assumptions, we prove rules of thumb for determining when and wether a cyber-weapon should be deployed.

Keywords

Cyber-weapons; Cyberwarfare; Cybersecurity; National Security

Citation

Paulson, Elisabeth, and Christopher Griffin. "Better Timing of Cyber Conflict." In Proceedings of the Third ASE International Conference on Cyber Security. Los Angeles, CA: Academy of Science and Engineering, 2014.
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Elisabeth C. Paulson

Technology and Operations Management
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