Cybersecurity and its Impact on the National Security of Countries

international and political journal

Authors

  • Assist lecturer Shahad Adnan Saleh

Keywords:

cybersecurity, national security, technological development, the state.

Abstract

    Nowadays, the world is witnessing many transformations and changes in all fields, as a result of the tremendous technological development, especially in information and communications, which has led to the creation of a new environment for interaction between individuals and societies on the one hand and countries on the other hand in an environment full of risks, threats and conflict and which has constituted a serious threat to society and the state, as the concepts of power, conflict, and war have changed and their nature has been linked to cyber security. The threats resulting from it have emerged as a new form of threat that depends on the use of modern digital technologies to achieve multiple goals. Many international actors have become a source of danger that threatens the security of societies by spreading their ideas and values ​​on social media networks. By recruiting the largest possible number of individuals and teaching them how to hack websites and other electronic crimes such as infiltration and spying on sensitive networks and sending threatening messages to countries to accept them, so countries worked, in order to protect their national security, by establishing many civil and military bodies and institutions, and developing their own strategies. Enacting legal legislation to confront cyber security threats , as well as strengthening regional and international cooperation to protect countries from cyber-attacks.

Additional Files

Published

2025-07-01

How to Cite

Saleh, A. lecturer S. A. (2025). Cybersecurity and its Impact on the National Security of Countries: international and political journal . The International and Political Journal, 63(63), 511–532. Retrieved from https://ipj.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/political/article/view/464