Cybersecurity Overview of Taiwan

Abstract

Along the cyber defence reforms of the Tsai administration, Taiwan has evolved from a principally defensive power to a much broader entity with proactive defence capabilities. The academic problem studied by the author analyses the opportunities and constraints that Taiwan has encountered by applying a cyber defence strategy based on the concept of deterrence. The study concludes that the current Taiwanese leadership is seeking to build strategic autonomy in cyberspace, which is reflected in its cyber diplomacy activities and the goals envisaged in the National Cyber Security Program 2021–2024. By developing and continuously upgrading a cyber force with the most effective and extensive, both offensive and defensive, capabilities, diplomatic efforts could bring Taiwan out from Chinese diplomatic pressure in other defence sectors or maintain more balanced relations based on alignment of power.