The Impact of Cyber Threats on National Security in Libya

Abstract

Cyber security has become a strategic weapon in the hands of states and individuals, and with the increasing threats and cyber-attacks on various institutions within the same country, these countries have sought and seriously to develop plans and strategies to address such threats, and since Libya is among the members of the international community, whose various institutions were subjected to many cyber-attacks, this study sought to clarify cybersecurity and its importance, through its definition and clarification Its goals and its elaboration, and touched on the cyber threats that the Libyan state was exposed to in its various institutions, which affected it negatively, such as the cyber-attacks that the Central Bank of Libya and the National Oil Corporation, and the study also threw to identify the most important plans and mechanisms that the Libyan state had to address such threats, and among these plans made by the Libyan state, setting laws related to security security Centers and specialized bodies regarding cyberspace, as well as spreading a culture of  awareness among citizens on the importance of this topic, and the researcher in this study relied on the descriptive, analytical approach to collecting information and data, analyzing and interpreting it to generalizations on the subject, and the study concluded that cybersecurity has become one of the most important priorities of the Libyan state, given its pivotal role in the contemporary reality. She also stressed that cyber attacks have a direct negative impact on state institutions in Libya, which caused fatal material losses that in turn reflected on the country's national security and stability, and therefore these results confirm the urgent need for the continued efforts to enhance cybersecurity in Libya, to ensure the protection of its institutions and vital in Fra structure from the increasing threats