Cyber warfare has been defined as actions by a nation-state to damage or disrupt another nation's networks. Cyber war has the potential to cause catastrophic damage to entire economies and financial systems because attacks exists in many forms and it is much harder to defend against virtual attacks. Furthermore, attackers can be hard to identify and determining the motivation can be difficult. Given these facts, the United States Department of Defense has declared cyber warfare a national security threat.
In order to defend against such threats the United States of America has founded the United States Cyber Command. USCYBERCOM centralizes command of cyber space operations, organizes cyber resources, and defends U.S. military networks. Whether cyberwar is fair or not, is irrelevant. The main objective is preparing for a potential attack. If someone has the motivation to virtually attack computer networks, are they really questioning if it is fair warfare? I think not. Most things in war are not fair, including war itself.
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