Understanding cyber conflict : 14 analogies / George Perkovich, Ariel E. Levite, editors.

Other author Perkovich, George, 1958- editor.
Other author Levite, Ariel, editor.
Format Book
PublicationWashington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2017]
Descriptionviii, 297 pages ; 26 cm
Subjects
Cyberspace operations (Military science)

Contents What are cyber weapons like? -- Intelligence in cyber; and cyber intelligence / Michael Warner -- Non-lethal weapons and cyber capabilities / Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle Jr. (USMC, ret.), Michael Sulmeyer, and Ben Buchanan -- Cyber weapons and precision-guided munitions / James M. Acton -- Cyber, drones, and secrecy / David E. Sanger -- What might cyber wars be like? -- Cyber war and information war a la russe / Stephen Blank -- An ounce of (virtual) prevention / John Arquilla -- Crisis instability and preemption : the 1914 railroad analogy / Francis J. Gavin -- Brits-krieg : the strategy of economic warfare / Nicholas Lambert -- Why a digital Pearl Harbor makes sense ... and is possible -- Emily O. Goldman and Michael Warner -- What is preventing and/or managing cyber conflict like? -- Cyber threats, nuclear analogies? / Steven E. Miller -- From Pearl Harbor to "harbor lights" / John Arquilla -- Active cyber defense : applying air defense to the cyber domain / Dorothy E. Denning and Bradley J. Strawser -- Predelegation in nuclear and cyber scenarios / Peter Feaver and Kenneth Geers -- Cybersecurity and the age of privateering / Florian Egloff.
Abstract Analogies help us think, learn, and communicate. The fourteen case studies in this volume help readers make sense of contemporary cyber conflict through historical analogies to past military-technological problems. The chapters are divided into three groups. The first--What Are Cyber Weapons Like?--examines the characteristics of cyber capabilities and how their use for intelligence gathering, signaling, and precision strike compares with earlier technologies for such missions. The second section--What Might Cyber Wars Be Like?--explores how lessons from several wars since the early 19th century, including the World Wars, could apply or not apply to cyber conflict in the 21st century. The final section--What Is Preventing and/or Managing Cyber Conflict Like?--offers lessons from 19th and 20th century cases of managing threatening actors and technologies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Understanding cyber conflict Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2017] 9781626164994
LCCN 2017003096
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