CYBER DETERRENCE IN IENTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

Today, states use military and cyber deterrence as an effective tool to defend their security infrastructure, their economy and all their other assets. Cyber attacks are a serious threat to international security, although they are incomparable to the attacks that may occur in the nuclear field. Recent examples of happening cyber attacks have signaled that cyber attacks will can play a leading role in future international conflicts. For this reason, the states have begun to focus on activities in the area of cyber deterrence in order to provide cyber security. In this study, the obstacles to the application of cyber deterrence will be examined through the existing examples and the strategies developed by the states to minimize the cyber attacks will be handled.