Critical infrastructure is on the front line of the war in Ukraine.
And as the conflict approaches its fourth year, there is little sign of that changing.
But military, or kinetic, strikes against infrastructure are only part of the picture. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, and even before, Ukraine’s defenders have waged an equally intense but less visible cyber war.
Logistics, transport, energy, internet infrastructure and even banking and finance have been targeted.
Fortunately, Ukraine’s defenders took steps to prepare, with the enemy showing their hand with previous cyber attacks in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.
And Ukraine worked with western allies, and the cybersecurity industry, to harden its networks.
So what have Ukraine’s cyber defenders learned from the war?
Our guest is Mihoko Matsubara, chief cybersecurity strategist at NTT Corporation, associate fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and author of three books on cybersecurity, with two on Ukraine.
Here, she discusses what can states and businesses protect their critical national infrastructure during war and conflict. And we examine how the public and private sector can deal with the prospect of simultaneous kinetic and cyber threats.
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