Jansen van Vuuren, Johanna CLeenen, LouisePlint, GZaaiman, JPhahlamohlaka, Letlibe J2017-10-102017-10-102017-07Jansen Van Vuuren, J.C., Leenen, L., Plint, G. et al. 2017. Formulating the building blocks for national cyberpower. International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism, vol. 7(3): 16-281947-3435DOI: 10.4018/IJCWT.2017070102https://www.igi-global.com/article/formulating-the-building-blocks-for-national-cyberpower/185601http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9649Copyright: 2017 IGI 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, kindly consult the publisher's website.Cyber threats pose a growing risk to national security for all nations; cyberpower is consequently becoming an increasingly prominent driver in the attainment of national security for any state. This paper investigates the national cyberpower environment by analysing the elements of cyberspace as part of national security. David Jablonsky (1997) distinguishes between natural and social determinants of power in his discussion of national power. Also, Jablonsky refers to Ray Cline's formula (Cline, 1993) to determine a rough estimate of “perceived” national power by focusing primarily on a state's capacity to wage war. In this paper, the formula for Perceived Power (PP) will be adapted for use in cyberspace to create a similar formula for Perceived Cyberpower (PCP) that focuses primarily on a state's capacity for cyberwarfare. Military cyberpower is one of the critical elements of cyberpower. The paper also discusses how to operationalise military cyberpower.enCyberpowerNational powerCyber defenseNational securityArticleJansen van Vuuren, J. C., Leenen, L., Plint, G., Zaaiman, J., & Phahlamohlaka, L. J. (2017). Formulating the building blocks for national cyberpower. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9649Jansen van Vuuren, Johanna C, Louise Leenen, G Plint, J Zaaiman, and Letlibe J Phahlamohlaka "Formulating the building blocks for national cyberpower." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9649Jansen van Vuuren JC, Leenen L, Plint G, Zaaiman J, Phahlamohlaka LJ. Formulating the building blocks for national cyberpower. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9649.TY - Article AU - Jansen van Vuuren, Johanna C AU - Leenen, Louise AU - Plint, G AU - Zaaiman, J AU - Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J AB - Cyber threats pose a growing risk to national security for all nations; cyberpower is consequently becoming an increasingly prominent driver in the attainment of national security for any state. This paper investigates the national cyberpower environment by analysing the elements of cyberspace as part of national security. David Jablonsky (1997) distinguishes between natural and social determinants of power in his discussion of national power. Also, Jablonsky refers to Ray Cline's formula (Cline, 1993) to determine a rough estimate of “perceived” national power by focusing primarily on a state's capacity to wage war. In this paper, the formula for Perceived Power (PP) will be adapted for use in cyberspace to create a similar formula for Perceived Cyberpower (PCP) that focuses primarily on a state's capacity for cyberwarfare. Military cyberpower is one of the critical elements of cyberpower. The paper also discusses how to operationalise military cyberpower. DA - 2017-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cyberpower KW - National power KW - Cyber defense KW - National security LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 1947-3435 T1 - Formulating the building blocks for national cyberpower TI - Formulating the building blocks for national cyberpower UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9649 ER -