Emergence of Cyber Conflict and Cyber Security Resilient in Gulf region

Abstract

As conventional warfare grows increasingly obsolete, the future of combat will undoubtedly shift towards the domain of cyberspace. Cyber-attack is a new contrivance of national supremacy. It offers a means of intimidation, power, and warfare. The Gulf has become a flashpoint for cyber conflict. Cyberspace has become an arena for covert struggle, with the United States, Israel and other nations on one side, and Iran and Russia on the other. Iran has far outpaced the GCC states in developing its cyber capabilities, both for monitoring internal dissent and deploying hackers to disrupt or attack foreign targets. In the absence of international cyber treaties and agreements, states are actively booming out persistent surveillance against friends and foes and launching devastating cyber-attacks. Terrorists are using cyberspace for recruitment, funding and propaganda. Sabotaging of nuclear facilities through cyber-attacks is a vigorous terrorism approach between nuclear states (Recent example of Israel and Iran Cyber-attacks on Iran Nuclear facilities) and the past example of (the landmark Shamoon cyber-attack in Saudi Arabia and Qatar in 2012). With the growing volume and complexity of cyber-attacks, the volume of these attacks reaches to thousands daily. Cyber security researchers have been working for many years to prevent computers, databases, programs, systems and networks from unauthorized access, attack, change or destruction. This research emphasis Lack of Cooperation between states regarding Cyber space attacks are threaten dilemma which is need to understand for Cyber security Environment. The paper expound on the nature of Middle East Cyber Conflict and Cyber warfare with particular focus on cyber threats, Cyber security and how to strengthen the Cyber Security culture and Nuclear facilities of the region. How the Country enable to enhance the security and promote the importance of security in emerging cyber- technology. The paper dissects the implication and challenges in Cyber security. This profound research will highlight the analysis of the governments and large organizations in almost every vital sector of the region sustained damage from cyber-attacks.