The Security Challenge of Disruptive Technologies
Dario Malnar, Josip Olujić · Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre) · 2019
Dynamic changes that characterize the modern security environment have been signifi cantly driven and shaped by the rapid pace of technological development.Of particular importance is the emergence and development of technologies that have caused a revolutionary change to the character of the security environment -disruptive technologies.Th e paper analyzes disruptive technologies aimed at the automation, acceleration and autonomy of the data processing process, decision-making abilities, and actions independent of the human factor.Th ese technologies aff ect all spheres of social life, and subsequently security.Unlike previous disruptive technologies that infl uence security driven by the states and their defense sectors, recent technologies are being predominantly developed in the private sector.Th is fact leads the countries to become dependent on the private sector, and poses signifi cant challenges in identifying threats, their content and possible responses.Technologically less developed countries are particularly vulnerable.Based on the hypothesis of how disruptive technologies infl uence the design of security environments, an analysis of strategic security documents of Croatia, the USA, Russia, China, NATO, the EU, and the states from the Croatian neighborhood has been conducted to determine if these countries recognize disruptive technologies as a security threat and how they approach them.Th e research has shown that Croatia does not recognize disruptive technologies as a specifi c threat.Th e analysis also indicates that, in the case of technologically less developed countries, such as Croatia, security communities such as the EU or NATO provide a platform for responding to those threats.