@article{2019,title={ANALYSIS OF IRAN'S CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY WITH REGARD TO THE ATTACK AND THE DEFENSE CAPACITY},abstractNode={The Stuxnet Virus was released in June 2010 and has affected Iran's nuclear facilities in Bushehr and Natanz. It was claimed that the United States of America (USA) and Israel secret services together have a role in the planning of this cyber-attack. Following this cover activity, also known as Operation Olympic Games in the literature, Iran considered the need to take serious measures in the field of cyber security and aimed to reach an effective cyber security capacity in cyber space with the investments made in 2010. As it is seen, Iran's plans to develop a cyber security strategy were realized within the scope of an action-reaction relation through a retaliation reflex after the mentioned attack to the nuclear facilities. Nevertheless, Iran's efforts to improve its cyber security capacity, which began with a motivation for retaliation in the first place, turned into a goal to make Iran a strong actor in cyberspace with the measures taken in the following periods. On the other hand, Iran has serious efforts to improve its cyber security strategy especially in terms of attack. One of the most important reasons for this is that Iran has a low level of technology development and use. More precisely, the fact that a significant part of critical infrastructure is still controlled by mechanical technologies provides Iran a natural advantage in terms of cyber defense. Iran, which has started to invest in the cyber-attack capacity instead of defense after 2010 with this advantage, has achieved its effective position in cyberspace today. As a result, it can be argued that Iran has introduced more serious plans in the field of cyber security than in the past after Stuxnet Attack. In our article, the cyber security strategy of Iran which has a rapidly developing cyber-attack capacity and the institutional structures that play a role in this strategy with the steps taken after the Stuxnet Attack will be analyzed. In addition, the alleged cyber-attacks conducted by Iran will be discussed as well. },author={Ali Burak DARICILI},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies-Social Sciences}}