Threats of cyber war and Iran's national security

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Behrouz Nasiri ¹ ( Ph.D. Student in International Relations, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran. )
ghasem torabi ² ( Associate Professor of International Relations and Faculty Member, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran )
alireza rezaei ³ ( Associate Professor of International Relations and Faculty Member, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran )

Received: 2023-04-24 Accepted : 2023-08-12 Published : 2023-04-21

Keywords: Iran, National Security, Cyberspace, Security Threats, Cyber Warfare,

Abstract :

The cyberspace is considered as the main source ofinformation.The need to pay attention tothe security of the cyberspace requires a special approach.There is no doubt that today the main infrastructures ofthe country, including economic,industrial, informational,security,etc.are located inthis space.Securityin this space will cause a seriousthreat tothe national security ofthe country.The upcoming wars will take place in virtual space.Virtual space has been named asthefifth battlefield after the sea,land,and airspace.Thecountry or several countries havebeen takenout ofthe hands ofthe governments ofthose countries,and themodern world stopped moving and dynamism within afew seconds and caused a disaster as disastrous as an atomic disaster.In acatastrophe,the basic condition is toknow the battle scene.First ofall, we need to know the cyberspace and the cyberspace correctly so that we can have the power ofmaneuver, war and defense inthat space.The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of the cyberspace onthe national security ofthe Islamic Republic ofIran in various areas, especially the political-security areas.Also,discovering the weaknesses and shortcomings in the field of cyber security with regardto the threats in the virtual space is oneof theother objectives of thepresent research,which wants to answer the basic question ofhow cyber threats affect the security ofthe IslamicRepublic ofIran in an analytical-descriptive method.The findings ofthe research show that the republicIslamic Iran is one of the most important countries targeted by cyber attacks in various fields, and therefore,speeding up infrastructure equipment and investment in the field of countering cyberthreats is one of Iran's strategic approaches in this field, which is analyzedin more detail inthis research.