Cyber conflicts blur the line between warfare and subversion. Cyber operations, like subversion, aim to manipulate systems, but lack physical force.
Lennart Maschmeyer
Lennart Maschmeyer is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto and an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford. Lennart's research examines the nature of cyber power, operational mechanisms of cyber conflict, resulting strategic dynamics, as well as knowledge production processes in cybersecurity. He is the co-founder and co-chair of the FIRST Threat Intel Coalition SIG, an initiative aimed at assisting vulnerable civil society organizations in preventing, detecting, and mitigating cyber attacks. Additionally, he is the co-founder and co-chair of the European Cybersecurity Seminar, which brings together academics and practitioners in cybersecurity, providing them with a platform to present research projects and receive feedback.