Christopher Whyte is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

A. Trevor Thrall is Associate Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, USA, and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, USA.

Brian M. Mazanec is a researcher of cyber conflict, strategic warfare, and intelligence and teaches in the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University, USA, and in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, USA.