Matthew Steckman

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So it's both what are our adversaries doing and do we understand it?

And are they asymmetrically influencing battlefield tactics?

And the answer is yes, they are.

So one version to think about this is just cost performance.

For a very low cost, they can create an effect that has major implications for us, NATO, and our allies.

That's asymmetric.

So often people refer to terrorism as an asymmetric tactic.

And cyber being not only asymmetric, but you'll often hear the term non-kinetic associated with it.

So I'm asymmetric as in I'm cheaper and more nimble and I can get a large effect, but I'm also non-kinetic.

And why is that so dangerous?

Well, when something explodes, we react to it and we react to it with the full force of the military.

When things are kind of simmering beneath the surface in sort of a Cold War-ish type of a way, it actually becomes really hard to react.

And so in cyber warfare in particular, if assets are affected that we care about, can we do attribution?

Do we know where it came from?

how do we respond?

Do you respond with a non-kinetic attack by going kinetic?

Is that an escalation of force?

How is that perceived by the global community, right?

So you get into all of these really challenging doctrinal positions because of just how sort of unexplored offensive cyber is.

And then on the flip side, right, it's like, do we have the ability to amass cyber effects on our own, right?

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