The tragedy for Russia and the collective West is that they continue to fight the wars of the past against one another, while underestimating the ideological strength of radical Islam
Since 2013 when the crisis in Ukraine broke out, the notion of information warfare has been widely used in Russia, in the West and of course in Ukraine. However, the term itself provides little, if any, insight into what is happening in the information space, and is as broad and vague as “hybrid warfare.”
By definition...
The threat emanating from virtual space and Internet technologies has become a traditional challenge in the 21st century, as human progress is already inseparably linked to the Internet. However, these threats vary depending on their origin, the tools that are at the disposal of the attackers and the scale of damage. How are these threats seen by anti-virus companies? We asked
Boris Sharov
, CEO of the Russia’s oldest anti-virus company Doctor Web, to share his views on the problem and to...
RIAC’s Working Paper “Russia and Challenges of the Digital Environment” offers an inventive view on the problem of Big Data and its relationship with the nation’s digital sovereignty. Among other things, the paper considers the quickly evolving Big Data biological and medical segments, touching upon such critical matters as the possible emergence of targeted weapons able to target and injure specific groups of living beings, including humans. The rapidly growing volume of...
Working paper #15 / 2014
This working paper was written as part of the Russian International Affairs Council’s project “Information Security, Response to Cyber Threats and the Use of the Internet to Defend Russia’s National Interests on the International Scene.”
In their articles, the authors expound on Russia’s presence in cyberspace and suggest the identification ...
