The concern for us, as a humanitarian organization, is that military cyber operations are also becoming part of today’s armed conflicts and can disrupt the functioning of critical infrastructure and vital services to the civilian population.įor example, healthcare systems are increasingly digitalized and connected but often unprotected, therefore particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Why are military cyber operations a humanitarian concern?Ĭyber-attacks and their consequences are on top of the agenda around the world. We’re asking an ICRC expert on cyber warfare and international humanitarian law, Tilman Rodenhäuser, to unpack for us what is at stake in the current peak in intergovernmental discussions on existing and potential threats in cyberspace, how applying international humanitarian law – also referred to as the laws of war or law of armed conflict – to military cyber operations can help avert the significant threats they pose to civilians, and why cyber questions concern all States.
You don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to see that in today’s highly interconnected and digitally dependent societies, anything with an Internet interface is vulnerable to cyber threats from anywhere in the world.
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