Internal Security · Cyber Security Risks
Cyber threats originating from foreign state or non-state actors have increasingly entered national security discourses. Why are cyber-attacks by external adversaries treated as major strategic risks?
- 1Because cyber threats are legally outside the scope of national security policy
- 2Because they affect only social media users and have no state-level implications
- 3Because cyber incidents are always minor technical problems handled only by private software firms
- 4Because they can target critical infrastructure, communication systems, finance, defence networks, and public confidence without conventional military invasion✓
Correct answer
Because they can target critical infrastructure, communication systems, finance, defence networks, and public confidence without conventional military invasion
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