Abstract
This chapter asks what duties does a state have to defend its citizens from cyber-attack? While the idea that a state has duties for its citizens security is not novel, the cyber-domain poses a new context for what those duties are and how they ought to be discharged. Taking the moral precepts of just war theory as a foundation, this chapter seeks to define some of those duties that the state has in the cyber-domain by asking the following questions: can a cyber-attack meaningfully be said to be an armed attack justifying military response from the defender? What forms of cyber-response are permitted? And what services and resources should a state provide to its citizens to protect against cyber-attack?
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Rethinking Security in the Twenty-First Century |
Editors | Edwin Daniel Jacob |
Place of Publication | New York, USA |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 209-222pp |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9781137525413 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |