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Cyber Actions by State Actors: Motivation and Utility

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dc.contributor.authorBrantly, Aaron F.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-17T15:24:55Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-17T15:24:55Zen
dc.date.issued2014-05-12en
dc.description.abstractCovert action is as old as political man. The subversive manipulation of others is nothing new. It has been written about since Sun Tzu and Kautilya. People and nations have always sought the use of shadowy means to influence situations and events. Covert action is and has been a staple of the state system. A dark and nefarious tool often banished to philosophical and intellectual exile, covert action is in truth an oft-used method of achieving utility that is frequently overlooked by academics. Modern scholars contend that, for utility to be achieved, activities such as war and diplomacy must be conducted transparently. Examined here is the construction of utility for a subset of covert action: cyber attacks.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/08850607.2014.900291en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.orcidBrantly, AF [0000-0003-4193-3985]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/81826en
dc.identifier.volume27en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleCyber Actions by State Actors: Motivation and Utilityen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligenceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/CLAHS T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/Political Scienceen

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