What is Cyber-Warfare

The end of the Cold War has given rise to a fresh set of security challenges that today pose a threat to the stability of any state. The focus is now as much on threats arising due to inter-state rivalries based on balance of power as on intra-national and transnational security threats that cannot be classified into the traditional security studies framework. Covering a wide range of situations, these non-traditional security threats have real consequences towards human, national, and environmental security. This chapter seeks to understand some of the most critical non-traditional security threats faced by international community on the example of cyber warfare.