Munish Sharma

Securing Critical Information Infrastructure: Global Perspectives and Practices

This monograph delves into the various aspects of definitions and understandings of critical information infrastructure and explores the threat actors, perspectives and trends in the emerging practice of critical information...

The Road to 5G: Technology, Politics And Beyond

This monograph examines the key technologies behind 5G, the requirements of infrastructure and spectrum, and the emerging landscape with the rise of Chinese telecommunication equipment manufactures. It delves into China’s...

Modeling Attribution of Cyber Attacks Using Bayesian Belief Networks

The article makes an attempt to bring to the fore the various factors which are considered in the due process of attribution of a cyber-attack and the correlation of credible...

New Internet Protocol: Redesigning the Internet with Chinese Characteristics?

China’s proposal for a new Internet Protocol (IP) is a reflection of its desire to revamp and mould the Internet. This is in line with its ambitions to rise to...

Munish Sharma |
October 15, 2020 |
IDSA Comments

RMB Goes Digital: Economic Imperatives or Ambitions?

Riding the technology wave, China eyes global dominance of RMB as a reserve currency and a favourable international monetary environment for its economic development.

Munish Sharma |
May 12, 2020 |
IDSA Comments

Kudankulam: One Incident, Many Facets

The existing approach to cyber security is heavily tilted towards practising deterrence by denial, essentially by building defences. However, the concept of deterrence needs further tweaking to make it workable...

Cherian Samuel, Munish Sharma |
December 16, 2019 |
Issue Brief

US-China Trade War and the High Technology Sector

In this era of complex interdependence, sudden disruptions in supply chains will not only hurt Chinese businesses in the US and elsewhere, but also damage the US economy as well...

Munish Sharma |
May 22, 2019 |
IDSA Comments

Cyber Exercises and the Indian Armed Forces

A cyber exercise – whether CyberEx or its successor – needs to be developed as a platform for practitioners and thinkers to test conceptual and technical skills under near-real-world whole-of-nation...

Munish Sharma |
May 16, 2019 |
IDSA Comments

Maritime Cybersecurity

IDSA Consultant Mr Munish Sharma’s article on Maritime Cybersecurity has been published by NMF-India Strategic Year Book 2019 on ‘The Indian Navy: Perspectives and Technologies’, by the National Maritime Foundation....

To Ban, or Not to Ban Huawei

Given India’s dependence on imports for 90 per cent of its telecom equipment, the decision to allow Huawei to bid for 5G should be in line with the national interest,...