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Strategic Dynamics of Cyber Conflict

PI: Jason Healey, Columbia University SIPA

Year selected for award:2016

Strategic Dynamics of Cyber Conflict

Principal Investigator: Jason Healey, Columbia University SIPA

Co-Principal Investigator: Robert Jervis, Columbia University SIPA

Years of Award: 2017-2020

Managing Service Agency: Office of Naval Research

Project Description:
This project is the first to deeply analyze how do the dynamics of cyber conflict differ at tactical, operational, and strategic levels? How do these dynamics differ from those of conflict in air, land, sea, and space domains? Understanding these dynamics in depth are critical to success in cyber competition with adversaries.

Select Publications:
Healey, Jason, and Erik Korn. 2018. "Defense Support To The Private Sector: Concepts For DoD's National Cyber Defense Mission". In CyCon X: Maximizing Effects. Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence.
Healey, Jason. 2019. "Jason Healey Archives – The Cipher Brief". The Cipher Brief.
Healey, Jason, and Neil Jenkins. 2019. "Rough And Ready: A Policy Framework To Determine If Cyber Deterrence Is Working Or Failing". In 11th International Conference On Cyber Conflict. NATO CCED COE.
Healey, Jason, and Robert Knake. 2018. "Zero Botnets: Building A Global Effort To Clean Up The Internet". Council Special Report No.83.
Healey, Jason. 2018. "Innovation On Cyber Collaboration: Leverage At Scale". Presentation, Atlantic Council Issue Brief.
Healey, Jason. New York Cyber Task Force. 2007. "Building A Defensible Cyberspace". Columbia University.
Healey, Jason. 2016. "The Cartwright Conjecture: The Deterrent Value And Escalatory Risk Of Fearsome Cyber Capabilities". SSRN Electronic Journal.
Healey, Jason. 2017. "What Might Be Predominant Form Of Cyber Conflict?". In CyCon U.S. 2017, 36-44. Curran Associates.
Healey, Jason. 2017. "Who's In Control: Balance In Cyber's Public-Private Sector Partnerships". Georgetown Journal Of International Affairs 18 (3): 120-130.
Healey, Jason. 2019. "Why The New Air Forces Cyber And Information Strategy Is A Return To The Past". Fifth Domain.
Jervis, Robert. 2020. "On The Current Confrontation With Iran - War On The Rocks". War On The Rocks.