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In the debate on what constitutes acts of war in the cyber environment, some authors proposed to focus on the concept of cyberpeace. Christen and Bangerter question the attempts of defining cyberwar in terms of certain types of attacks. Instead, they suggest focusing on the transgressive nature of both digitalization and war, namely that they tend to infect all spheres of human life. In that sense, peace is a state where immoral acts have limited effects—and cyberpeace is a system property of cyberspace such that the effects of malicious activities can be contained. Cyberpeace thus consists in a sufficient level of cybersecurity in all domains of the digital society. Such a level requires limiting the complexity of information and communication technology (ICT) systems as well as counteracting (to some degree) the interoperability of devices and systems, in particular in likely targets of cyberattacks such as the critical infrastructure.
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Christen, M., Bangerter, E. (2017). Is Cyberpeace Possible?. In: Demont-Biaggi, F. (eds) The Nature of Peace and the Morality of Armed Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57123-2_13
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