In August 2008, large-scale cyber attacks against Georgia’s critical infrastructure conducted simultaneously with the kinetic war, presented the first approbation of the new ‘Russian hybrid’ – mutually supporting efforts of information, cyber and kinetic operations. Georgian case was the only instance when cyber means were used in the direct connection and support of the major military operations as part of a state to state conventional war. Since 2008, the Georgian government started developing the whole spectrum of cyber capabilities and has achieved significant progress in this regard.
