Cyberwarfare Attribution Preemption And National Self Defense

Download or read book Cyberwarfare: Attribution, Preemption, and National Self Defense written by John Dever and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper proposes a new consequentialist standard based on an "Effects Test" to define when cyberattacks constitute an armed attack that can be responded to in self-defense. This paper will also address the use of anticipatory self-defense in the cyber context by proposing a modification of the traditional Caroline doctrine using a court system as a check on abuse of the anticipatory self-defense doctrine.