The decision to attack : military and intelligence cyber decision-making / Aaron Franklin Brantly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brantly, Aaron Franklin, author.

Series:

Studies in security and international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberspace--Security measures--Government policy--United States.

Cyberspace.

Military policy.

Decision making.

Cyberspace--Security measures.

Government policy.

United States--Military policy--Decision making.

United States.

Offensive (Military science).

Physical Description:

xvi, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Military and intelligence cyber decision-making

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2016]

Summary:

The Debate over cyber technology has resulted in new considerations for national security operations. States find themselves in an increasingly interconnected world with a diverse threat spectrum and little understanding of how decisions are made within this amorphous domain. With The Decision to Attack, Aaron Franklin Brantly investigates how states decide to employ cyber in military and intelligence operations against other states and how rational those decisions are. In his examination, Brantly contextualizes broader cyber decision-making processes into a systematic expected utility-rational choice approach to provide a mathematical understanding of the use of cyber weapons at the state level. Discussed: The Key Concepts of Cyber, The Motivation and Utility for Covert Action, Digital Power, Anonymity and Attribution in Cyberspace, Cyber and Conventional Operations: The Dynamics of Conflict, Defining the Role of Intelligence in Cyberspace, How Actors Decide to Use Cyber-a Rational Choice Approach, Cognitive Processes and Decision-Making in Cyberspace, Finding Meaning in the Expected Utility of International Cyber Conflict Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction to cyber decision-making

The key concepts of cyber

The motivation and utility for covert action

Digital power

Anonymity and attribution in cyberspace

Cyber and conventional operations: the dynamics of conflict

Defining the role of intelligence in cyberspace

How actors decide to use cyber

a rational choice approach

Cognitive processes and decision-making in cyberspace

Finding meaning in the expected utility of international cyber conflict

Appendix A. Power score components and scores

Appendix B. Modified Economist Intelligence Unit component values

Appendix C. Affinity scores.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820349206

0820349208

OCLC:

921863954