International Journal of Cyber Diplomacy / 2021, Volume 2



Hyper Threats to Critical Information Infrastracture: Bringing the AI in the Game

Metodi HADJI-JANEV

metodi.hadzi-janev@ugd.edu.mk, hadzijanev@gmail.com


Abstract:

Threats to critical infrastructure (CI) and critical information infrastructure (CII) gradually change in the contested security environment. In the age of power redistribution where states lose the monopoly of power, the ongoing digital transformation provides many benefits to improve the efficiency of CI and CII, but at the same time foster vulnerabilities. Both state and non-state actors exploit modern technologies in non-democratic ways to compensate for their disadvantage and compete with mightier perceived enemies. The article explains how emerging technologies led by artificial intelligence applications and systems are elevating the threats to CI and CII from asymmetric and hybrid to a whole new hyper level that requires greater attention by policy experts and lawmakers but also by security and defense professionals.

Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Hyper threats, Asymmetric threats, Cyber Threats, Critical infrastructure protection, Hybrid threats

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CITE THIS PAPER AS:
Metodi HADJI-JANEV, "Hyper Threats to Critical Information Infrastracture: Bringing the AI in the Game", International Journal of Cyber Diplomacy, ISSN 2668-8662, vol. 2, pp. None, 2021.