Requirements and Requirements for Developing the Cyber Defense and Security Doctrine of the Republic of Iran

Cyberspace has affected the basic concepts of political geography, such as the concept of nation, government, border, etc. National security has also been greatly affected by cyberspace, and its developments in the cyber ecosystem must be fundamentally analyzed. Ignoring and ignoring the importance and necessity of formulating policies and methods of logical defense and security principles puts national security at risk. . The requirement to formulate upstream documents in the cyber domain: In addition to the emphasis in the statements of the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), it is also seen in the document of the general policies of the system in the section "Security of the production space and information exchange." One of the important documents in this area that creates authoritative deterrence, confronts attacks, and helps prevent future conflicts in the cyber domain is the doctrine. This article aims to explain the theoretical foundations, including the principles of formulation, input sources, and basic questions that the cyber doctrine must answer and that are needed in order to formulate the cyber doctrine. While examining the resources available in the formulation of the doctrine based on the three principles of what, why, and how from a mainly Eastern perspective, it also examines the methods of formulating the doctrine, especially in the cyber domain. The approach of this research is qualitative and uses the library collection method and the tool of document retrieval of upstream documents, publications, and specialized articles. Considering the special characteristics of cyberspace and its great dynamism, the method of formulating cyber doctrine has unique features in addition to commonalities with other fields. Introducing several doctrine formulation patterns and a cyber doctrine formulation pattern is one of the results of this article.