Cyberwarfare Techniques: Status, Challenges and Future trends

The area of cyber warfare is vast, with several subtopics attracting interest from researchers. We start with the obvious fundamental question that is: what is cyberwarfare? We compare definitions that already exist to see where there is agreement or disagreement. We notice that there is no commonly recognized definition and that the terms “cyberwar” and “cyberwarfare” are not properly distinguished. In order to address these challenges, we present a defining model to help describe both cyber warfare and cyber war. Following that, the paper identifies nine cyber warfare research challenges and reviews current research in each. Finally, we make recommendations for how future initiatives in the field might best advance the subject.