The New Face of Conflict: Hybrid Warfare and What Corporations Need to Know

Evidence continues to grow that countries like Russia and Iran are using a wide variety of hybrid warfare tactics to probe defenses, impose costs, and send a message, pushing the boundaries between war and peace.

These efforts include sponsoring proxies' use of physical sabotage and targeted violence, exploiting dual-use capabilities like shadow fleet vessels, and conducting a wide variety of cyber operations.

While providing a veneer of deniability and aiming to stay below the threshold of direct conflict, these actions are vectors for a wide variety of threats to physical safety, critical infrastructure, digital networks, and business continuity, while leaving the door open for an accident or miscalculation that triggers a larger crisis.

RANE analysts discuss how to better understand how we got here, where things stand, and where they're headed.