Measured responses to cyber attacks using Schmitt analysis: a case study of attack scenarios for a software-intensive system

In this paper we address the development of measured responses to coercive actions. We demonstrate, via a case study of kinetic and cyber attacks on a safety-critical software-intensive system, the application of the Schmitt Analysis to the question of whether the attacks have risen to the level of a "use of force" under international law, taking into account both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the attacks.