Contrast cyber as it relates to gray zone conflict

Compare and contrast cyber as it relates to gray zone conflict/hybrid warfare as well as more conventional kinetic wars. Consider the following: What are the similarities, and what are the differences in how cyber capabilities are used? Explore the relationship between the cyber domain and other domains of conflict, and how that relationship may change as you move across the spectrum from gray zone, to hybrid to more conventional wars. Finally, does that reveal any limitations to cyber capabilities, and if so, what does that mean for the future of cybersecurity and conflict.

Use the readings from this course, and feel free to use other appropriate sources (such as academic journals, well regarded media sources, etc.). Please follow the MLA format and ensure that you are using appropriate citations.

Sources:

 

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2942.html\

 

https://theconversation.com/cyber-attacks-what-is-hybrid-warfare-and-why-is-it-such-a-threat-164091

 

https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/2016_IndexOfUSMilitaryStrength_The%20Contemporary%20Spectrum%20of%20Conflict_Protracted%20Gray%20Zone%20Ambiguous%20and%20Hybrid%20Modes%20of%20War.pdf

 

https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/

 

https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-cyberattack-air-strike-cyberwar/