THE IMPERATIVE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOF AND CYBER: HOW DUTCH SPECIAL OPERATION FORCES CAN SUPPORT CYBER OPERATIONS

As a knowledge-based economy, the Netherlands is vulnerable to digital hybrid threats from state and non-state actors. The Dutch strategic military leadership sees the importance of improving its digital defense, but struggles with the right approach. This research, based on a heuristic method including literature reviews and interviews, provides an answer to the question, “How can Dutch Special Operations Forces (SOF) enhance the national cyber capabilities to counter the hybrid threats that the Netherlands currently faces?” by offering three options: 1) SOF can gain access to hard targets fo... Mehr ...