Military Science and Tactics

Military Science and Tactics

The components of the strategic cyber war game system of the armed forces of Islamic Republic of IRAN

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors
1 Faculty member of AJA Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Head of Cyber Department, Faculty of Security, . Tehran. Iran. Higher National Defense University
3 Faculty member of the National Defense University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/qjmst.2025.2020351.2004
Abstract
Objective: The game of strategic cyber war can lead to the creation of a unified and homogeneous structure between the armed forces due to providing the real environmental conditions the battle scene. It will also be a suitable tool for depicting the international, regional and domestic situation the warring parties in the cyber field. For this reason, the question of the current research is, what are the components of the strategic cyber war game system the armed forces?
Method: This research is of an applied type, which was conducted with the method of qualitative content analysis with a summarizing approach and using Max.QDA 2020 software. analyzing the text, interviews were conducted with 7 experts and experts in the field of cyber war games in the armed forces. Since these experts are among the most experienced and specialized people the field of armed forces war games, who were selected by a purposeful method of judgment, they have proper credibility. since the coding and theoretical sources of the interviews were carried out in the environment of Max.QDA 2020 software and it has great accuracy, reliability of the research is also ensured.
Findings: 6 dimensions were counted to create a strategic cyber warfare game system.
The research findings express the six main dimensions in the field of creating a strategic cyber war game system, which are: inputs and outputs of the war game system, war game processes, technologies, directional elements, Security and threats of the cyber environment of the game of cyber war.
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