In the past few years, cyberattacks have become a major tool in international conflicts, used to disrupt critical infrastructure and collect classified information far from traditional battlefields. As we become increasingly dependent on digital systems, cyberspace has become a modern battlefield targeting energy, water and communications networks, as well as the military and banking sectors.
Experts believe that the seriousness of these attacks lies in the difficulty of determining who is responsible for them, which makes a political or military response complicated. These attacks are no longer just espionage, but have become part of operational planning to disrupt air defenses and disrupt communications and navigation, which may upset the balance of power at the beginning of any conflict. Its effects extend to include psychological warfare and the spread of misinformation with the aim of undermining confidence in government institutions and causing internal chaos.
In light of this situation, countries are competing to strengthen their capabilities in the field of digital security and create specialized units to protect their infrastructure, amid expectations that the future of wars will depend heavily on cyber superiority as a decisive element in the “international balance of power.”
