Cybersecurity

Cyberspace Vulnerability Factors

The fact is, contrary to what the majority of people think, “Cyberspace” is not a virtual and unrealistic space. In fact, the use of virtual words has led to the misleading of individuals and ideas in this area. Real space cyberspace is a new field for impact and as a result of friendship, cooperation, competition, hostility and even war between countries and other actors. These cases clearly show that the Internet and cyberspace have provided a new field for politics, a space in which individuals, groups and governments are acting and policy makers.

For emerging countries, cyberspace is considered as the basis for economic growth as well as the speed of industrial and technical progress in many sectors. But in some countries (such as China), this space is seen as a threat to the ruling political regime, and this generally leads to the use of filters and dams for controlling Internet access and use. For some countries, cyberspace could be a geopolitical challenge in the development of international relations; it seems that the decision of the BRICS group to establish a submarine fiber network around the United States has been the same.

Thus, some of these countries are trying to control Internet access points by creating a single port. Although this approach is inconsistent with the general scheme of the Internet for access to all networks, it can benefit from the domestic policy of countries (controlling trans-border information content) as well as the foreign policy of countries (defense preparedness against potential attacks under the framework of the defense).