FIGHTING CYBER-ATTACKS WITH SANCTIONS: NEW THREATS, OLD RESPONSES

Vera Rusinova (), Ekaterina Martynova () and Polina Kurakina ()
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Vera Rusinova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Ekaterina Martynova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Polina Kurakina: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: This paper contributes to the understanding of why states resort to ‘good old’ sanctions to meet the relatively new threat of cyber intrusions and whether this type of response is a forced measure or an effective tool to halt, prevent and punish attacking states. The tools of analysis used in this paper are legal positivism, and political and economic theories, including Mancur Olson’s theory of groups, Francesco Giumelli’s analytical framework for sanction assessment, cost-benefit analysis and game theory. The authors address the effectiveness of sanctions as a reaction to cyber-enabled activities through the lens of regulation introduced in the US and the EU, which are the most developed counter-cyber sanction regimes, analyzing publicly known cases of cyber-related sanctions.

Keywords: sanctions; cyber operations; cybersecurity; retorsion; effectiveness. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2020
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Published in WP BRP Series: Law / LAW, December 2020, pages 1-31

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