Digital Mohács 2.0: Expert Opinions on Cyberattacks and Cyberdefence

Abstract

Our everyday life highly depends on information infrastructures which are invisibly present in our politics, economy or cultural life. However, partial or complete inoperability of communication systems and the loss of information immediately draw attention to those infrastructures. In 2009 a hypothetical scenario was outlined entitled Digital Mohács. The main idea of this scenario was to prove whether a series of deliberate attacks could cause serious damages in case of a country with a relatively developed infrastructure as Hungary. Since this scenario was issued, a series of governmental steps and several legislative acts has been made designed to ensure the legal and organizational basis for protection of critical infrastructures. Therefore, it is the time to examine what the opinion of experts is; whether the steps taken so far are sufficient for creating real and effective protection. That is why we have drawn up a new script and we asked experts what they would do in case of specific cyberattacks.