Iraq and the Challenges of Cybersecurity
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https://doi.org/10.64184/ajlps.V3.I2.Y2026.298-318.324Keywords:
cyber security, information security, cyber warfare, cyberspaceAbstract
The national (strategic) security system of Iraq faces a number of challenges that can be classified into visible and invisible challenges. The most dangerous of these challenges are the invisible ones, which cannot be directly perceived except through research and analytical induction. These cyber challenges are a strategic threat that will affect strategic security (for individuals, institutions and the state), meaning that these challenges include most governmental and non-governmental sectors and institutions These cyber challenges pose a strategic threat that can affect strategic security (of individuals, institutions, and the state), meaning that these challenges encompass most governmental and non-governmental sectors and institutions
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