What Are the Metrics of Cyber Warfare? How Does One Measure Success

摘要

This paper continues the process of laying the groundwork for a new comprehensive academic theory on Cyber Macht (Cyber Power). In this particular paper, the authors focus on trying to determine the metrics of cyber operations; in other words, how does one measure success? The ability to measure and validate success is always a crucial metric in the performance of a task; and in this case, the conduct of IO campaigns is no different. The researchers for this paper analyse two approaches for the development of metrics in a cyber environment: 1. A top-down approach with a strong feedback mechanism, one that allows actors to learn lessons from their actions and to apply changes to the system as deemed appropriate. 2. A more decentralised methodology, which embraces any and all IO standards. This bottom-up view utilises a more liberal process for collecting metrics that attempts to bring together disparate activities into a collective force. This paper analyses the efforts of various IO initiatives by both approaches and attempts to determine the key factors of success.