Journal Of AL-Turath University College

Cyberspace has become a new arena for conflict in its traditional form, but it has an electronic nature that reflects conflicts waged by states or non-state actors on religious, ethnic, ideological, economic or political backgrounds. Electronic conflict extends within communication and information networks, bypassing traditional borders and the sovereignty of states, and this affects the extension of its scope and effects. The process of multiplicity of use, actors and interests added to the diversity of conflict forms and objectives.

We live today in the digital age thanks to the tremendous development in information and communication technology, because of the intertwining and interdependence between communication networks, which led to the emergence of a new environment for interaction between individuals, societies, and countries, which is termed as cyberspace, which is characterized by its rapid development and extreme ambiguity, and the misuse of this space has created The existence of risks and threats to states in their security and led to the emergence of cyber security as a basic pillar in building the national security of states, so states rushed to form civil and military bodies and institutions to defend their cyber security, and to enact legal legislation to confront this technological development, and among them was the jurisprudence efforts of legal scholars To face the risks and threats to countries, individuals and society in their cybersecurity, and to create a safe and stable cyberspace.