How Territorial Security Influences Russian Cyber Security Strategy

The characterisation of the cyber domain as ‘borderless’ downplays the important relationship between cyber security and concerns over territorial integrity. The evolution of Russia’s national security strategy since 2015 has shown that the two are tightly connected, and grounded in the country’s history. Tom Johansmeyer, Gareth Mott and Jason R C Nurse show how Russian cyber security strategy sees the cyber domain as a strategic environment that interlocks with concerns over territorial integrity and physical security while also providing implicit justification for pursuing a strategy of regional hegemony.