A Realistic Analysis of the Stuxnet Cyber-attack

This paper presented a realistic analysis of Stuxnet cyber-attack, aiming to uncover the complexities associated with the launch decision-making process. It managed to answer the question: Why were Stuxnet cyber-attack adopted, as a strategic choice for managing the conflict instead of traditional choices? It also gave an understanding for the security challenges and the strategic implications that cyber-attack had to pose. Finally, it reached a number of conclusions to the effect that: Realism, as a theory mostly concerned with issues of national security and power, can be a very suitable theoretical framework for analyzing and understanding cyber-attacks. The analysis confirmed that realism is an appropriate framework for identifying important issues related to security in the cyberspace and can provide useful insights into some of the enduring characteristics of international relations in the cyberspace.