This Brief presents the overarching framework in which each nation is developing its own
cyber-security policy and the unique position adopted by France. Modern informational crises
have penetrated most societal arenas from healthcare politics economics to the conduct of
business and welfare. Witnessing a convergence between information warfare and the use of fake
news info-destabilization cognitive warfare and cyberwar this book brings a unique
perspective on modern cyberwarfare campaigns escalation and de-escalation of cyber-conflicts.
As organizations are more and more dependent on information for the continuity and stability of
their operations they also become more vulnerable to cyber-destabilization either genuine or
deliberate for the purpose of gaining geopolitical advantage waging wars conducting
intellectual theft and a wide range of crimes. Subsequently the regulation of cyberspace has
grown into an international effort where public private and sovereign interests often collide.
By analyzing the particular case of France national strategy and capabilities the authors
investigate the difficulty of obtaining a global agreement on the regulation of cyber-warfare.
A review of the motives for disagreement between parties suggests that the current regulation
framework is not adapted to the current technological change in the cybersecurity domain. This
book suggests a paradigm shift in handling and anchoring cyber-regulation into a new realm of
behavioral and cognitive sciences and their application to machine learning and cyber-defense.
