What is Cyber Power?


Cyber power has become a central concept in UK cyber policy.

The Integrated Review and subsequent National Cyber Strategy outlined the UK's ambition to be a 'responsible, democratic cyber power'.

So, what does ‘cyber power’ mean? And why does it matter to UK policymakers?

In this video, the second of 10 in the Cyber Statecraft series sponsored by Dstl, the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security, Tim Stevens, Reader in International Security at King’s College London, explains more:

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Cyber Statecraft in an Era of Systemic Competition

A joint project with King’s College London and the University of Bath examining the concept of cyber statecraft.



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