JOURNAL POLICIES
These policies cover open access, rights, licensing, and archiving. For guidance on peer review, authorship, AI/tool use, originality, and research ethics, see the Instructions to Authors page.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
The Cyber Defense Review follows a platinum open-access model. We are committed to equitable access and wide dissemination of research that contributes to cyber defense scholarship and practice.
All articles are freely accessible to readers worldwide without subscription fees or paywalls, immediately upon publication. The Cyber Defense Review does not charge any fees to authors, whether for submission or publication of manuscripts. The journal does not profit from submissions, nor does it compensate authors.
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
All articles are published under the . This license permits others to share the work with appropriate acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in the journal, for non-commercial purposes and without modification.
Upon request, the authors may publish their work under a CC-BY 4.0 Creative Commons License, when it is required by a funding agency.
AUTHOR RIGHTS & LICENSING
- Authors retain copyright in their work.
- Authors grant The Cyber Defense Review the right of first publication under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
- Authors may enter into additional non-exclusive agreements for the non-commercial distribution of the published version, provided that its initial publication in The Cyber Defense Review is acknowledged.
- Authors may deposit the published PDF in institutional repositories or on personal websites, with proper citation to The Cyber Defense Review.
SPECIAL NOTE ON U.S. GOVERNMENT WORKS
Works created by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are not subject to copyright protection under U.S. law (17 U.S.C. § 105). Such works may be published by The Cyber Defense Review; however, they are not subject to standard copyright or licensing terms. Authors must clearly indicate their status at the time of submission. Where applicable, distribution and reuse are governed by U.S. Government policies.
DISCLAIMER
In accordance with the U.S. Joint Ethics Regulation, The Cyber Defense Review does not screen submissions to fit a particular editorial agenda. Publication in The Cyber Defense Review does not constitute endorsement of the views expressed, nor of any organizations referenced therein.
Submission of an article does not create a contractual relationship between the author(s) and The Cyber Defense Review, and does not transfer rights beyond those explicitly stated in these policies and the signed author agreement.
ARCHIVING & DIGITAL PRESERVATION
Content published in The Cyber Defense Review is preserved through the U.S. Military Academy Library, the U.S. Library of Congress, and additional services including JSTOR.
Authors are encouraged to deposit accepted manuscripts in institutional or subject repositories, provided that a link to the version of record in The Cyber Defense Review is included.
Each article is registered with Crossref and assigned a unique DOI (Digital Object Identifier), ensuring a permanent and citable record.
INDEXING & DISCOVERY
The Cyber Defense Review is indexed in JSTOR and Google Scholar.
CONTACT
For questions regarding rights or licensing, please contact the editorial office at: TheCyberDefenseReview@westpoint.edu
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DOI Prefix: 10.55682 (CrossRef)
Publisher Location: United States
Last updated: March 2026