Burmeister, OPhahlamohlaka, Letlibe JAl-Saggaf, Y2016-11-292016-11-292015Burmeister, O., Phahlamohlaka,. and J Al-Saggaf, Y. 2015. Good governance and virtue in South Africa's cyber security policy implementation. International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT), 5(1), pp11947-3435http://www.igi-global.com/article/good-governance-and-virtue-in-south-africas-cyber-security-policy-implementation/135271http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8876DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5634-3.ch019Copyright: 2015 IG Global. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT), 5(1), pp1Good governance from an ethical perspective in cyberdefence policy has been seen in terms of duty and consequentialism. Yet the negotiated view of virtue ethics can also address how nation states mitigate the risks of a cyber attack to their national interests and to prepare for a cyber offence in response to an attack. A discourse analysis of the “0x Omar”-Israeli conflict of 2012, as reported in the Arabic and English media and on the Internet, is used to explore ethical issues that this case raises and to examine how the risks posed could be mitigated in relation to relevant elements of the South African cybersecurity policy framework. Questions raised include: At what point does the policy require a nation state to prepare for a cyber offence in response to a cyber attack? Ethically, how are such actions consistent with the principle of good governance?en0x OmarCyber AttacksCyber SecurityNet WarSouth African Nation Cybersecurity PolicyFramework (NCSR)ArticleBurmeister, O., Phahlamohlaka, L. J., & Al-Saggaf, Y. (2015). Good governance and virtue in South Africa's cyber security policy implementation. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8876Burmeister, O, Letlibe J Phahlamohlaka, and Y Al-Saggaf "Good governance and virtue in South Africa's cyber security policy implementation." (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8876Burmeister O, Phahlamohlaka LJ, Al-Saggaf Y. Good governance and virtue in South Africa's cyber security policy implementation. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8876.TY - Article AU - Burmeister, O AU - Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J AU - Al-Saggaf, Y AB - Good governance from an ethical perspective in cyberdefence policy has been seen in terms of duty and consequentialism. Yet the negotiated view of virtue ethics can also address how nation states mitigate the risks of a cyber attack to their national interests and to prepare for a cyber offence in response to an attack. A discourse analysis of the “0x Omar”-Israeli conflict of 2012, as reported in the Arabic and English media and on the Internet, is used to explore ethical issues that this case raises and to examine how the risks posed could be mitigated in relation to relevant elements of the South African cybersecurity policy framework. Questions raised include: At what point does the policy require a nation state to prepare for a cyber offence in response to a cyber attack? Ethically, how are such actions consistent with the principle of good governance? DA - 2015 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - 0x Omar KW - Cyber Attacks KW - Cyber Security KW - Net War KW - South African Nation Cybersecurity Policy KW - Framework (NCSR) LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 1947-3435 T1 - Good governance and virtue in South Africa's cyber security policy implementation TI - Good governance and virtue in South Africa's cyber security policy implementation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8876 ER -