CYBER WAR: ANCAMAN DAN PENCEGAHAN DALAM KEAMANAN NASIONAL

The state�s strategy in the defense and security department today is different to the series of previous history. In the 1950's, almost every state in the world was improving security and defense strategies as a react to nuclear weapons development. The threat of nuclear weapons was growing effectively until the end of Cold War. After the Cold War, a new paradigm in security and defense strategies changed in accordance with the development of information technology. Today each state set up some strategies better than previous years. This changing showed us that the technology development in globalization era is increasingly opened up to a variety of threats to national security through information technology such as internet. The national security means the efforts to protect the state both visible and invisible assets such as national infrastructure, motherland, and the public by military. However, the national security concept generalization has its meaning today as attempts to protect national assets also involved in the information systems operations and knowledge based on technology. Nevertheless, the national security affair is extended from the real world to the virtual world so there is a new threat to the national security system that is Cyber War and every state are competing to win the Cyber War. The destructive power of cyber threat has reached a direct stage and serious on the national security systems. Thus, Cyber Terrorism or Cyber War is no longer became a threat in the virtual world, but also a real threat and it has a direct impact on national security. In this context, it can be said that information technology has become a part of security system today. Based on this perception, the author would like to explain the clear concept of Cyber War and the state�s preparation can be analyzed and compared. Besides, this thesis intend on giving some basic knowledge and understanding widely about Cyber War. Through this study, the author want to provide a preventive solution that help to manage a national crisis effectively and carry out Cyber War more efficiently and actively