Analysis of the Interaction between the State and Non-State Actors in the Maritime Environment through a Virtual System of Systems (SoS)
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https://doi.org/10.70554/OBJK2026.v02n01.05Keywords:
National security, Cybersecurity, Critical infrastructure, Systems analysis, Governance, Non-state actorAbstract
This article proposes a heuristic analytical framework based on a Virtual System-of-Systems to examine interactions between ten archetypes of non-state actors and the State in the maritime domain. Its contribution integrates an archetype typology, Maier’s framework, Sterman’s causal notation, and the system of interest from ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2023, with an assessment of conceptual compatibility with Maier’s attributes. The archetypes are classified by legitimacy, function, and technological domain. The system of interest uses four measures of effectiveness: critical service availability, public legitimacy, informational integrity, and cyber resilience. The causal structure includes one reinforcing loop and one balancing loop. The interaction matrix presents two auditable structural hypotheses for qualitative maritime system analysis purposes.
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