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Abstract

Information in the Global Digital Industrial Economic Age is viewed as a strategic resource. This article focus on the establishment of cyber armies within the World Wide Web, commonly known as the Grid, with the emphases on an unseen military cyber power and/or civilian force within the cyber domain that has the ability to launch cyber-attacks and collect information in order to gain strategic military advantage on a national level. Selected cyber armies are compared to portray the impact of such armies on the citizen. The article also gives a view of a proposed generic structure for cyber in the military to defend and protect the cyber sovereignty and presents a proposed view on how a cyber army can be integrated within a military force. In addition, the article highlights the strategic benefits and strategic advantage to the military and will give a military perspective on the implementation of a cyber army as a proposed model.

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Title
Cyber Armies: The Unseen Military in the Grid
Pages
20-VIII
Number of pages
11
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Conferences International Limited
Place of publication
Reading
Country of publication
United Kingdom
Publication subject
Source type
Conference Paper
Language of publication
English
Document type
Feature
Document feature
Illustrations; References
ProQuest document ID
1781336023
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/conference-papers-proceedings/cyber-armies-unseen-military-grid/docview/1781336023/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright Academic Conferences International Limited 2015
Last updated
2025-11-15
Database
2 databases
  • ProQuest One Academic
  • ProQuest One Academic