Theorizing cyber coercion
The 2014 North Korean operation against Sony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11159012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | TRAVIS SHARP (0000-0003-3554-0018, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 898-926 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402390.2017.1307741 |
| OpenAlex | W2606459892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article challenges the conventional wisdom that cyber operations have limited coercive value. It theorizes that cyber operations contribute to coercion by imposing costs and destabilizing an opponent’s leadership. As costs mount and destabilization spreads, the expected utility of capitulation surpasses that of continued defiance, leading the opponent’s leaders to comply with the coercer’s demands. The article applies this ‘cost-destabilization’ model to the 2014 North Korean cyber operation against Sony. Through cost imposition and leadership destabilization, the North Korean operation, despite its lack of physical destructiveness, caused Sony to make a series of costly decisions to avoid future harm
Adversary · Business · Coercion (linguistics · Computer security · Economics · Harm · Law and economics · Mount · Political economy · Political science · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Engineering · Information and Cyber Security · Law
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 2,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |