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Expanding the Dyadic Cyber Incident and Campaign Dataset (DCID): Cyber Conflict from 2000 to 2020
Cyber Defense Review (2023)
  • Ryan C. Maness, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Brandon Valeriano, Ph.D, Seton Hall University
  • Kathryn Hedgecock, United States Military Academy
  • Jose M. Macias, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Benjamin Jensen, Marine Corps University
Abstract
This article provides an overview of updates to the Dyadic Cyber Incident and Cam­paign Dataset (DCID). Whereas most efforts to catalogue cyber incidents focus on curated lists and attack typologies, the DCID uses a standardized set of coding proce­dures consistent with best practices in social science. As a result, the analysis reveals there is a tendency to exaggerate the use and impact of cyber operations, obscuring their role as an instrument of disruption, espionage, and sabotage, and comple­ments to larger coercive campaigns. The article outlines the construction of version 2.0, which documents rival, state-to-state use of cyber operations as an instrument of power. The expanded dataset introduces additional incidents based on various web-searching methods and human coder cross-validation while also adding new variables for ransomware, supply chain attacks, and connections to ongoing infor­mation operations. DCID 2.0 contains 429 incidents representing a critical attempt to scope the domain of conflict among strategic rivals.
Publication Date
Summer 2023
Citation Information
Ryan C. Maness, Brandon Valeriano, Kathryn Hedgecock, Jose M. Macias, et al.. "Expanding the Dyadic Cyber Incident and Campaign Dataset (DCID): Cyber Conflict from 2000 to 2020" Cyber Defense Review Vol. 8 Iss. 2 (2023) p. 65 - 90 ISSN: 2474-2139
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brandon-valeriano/53/