Cyber conflict : competing national perspectives / edited by Daniel Ventre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ventre, Daniel.

Contributor:

Ventre, Daniel.

Series:

ISTE

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Security measures.

Internet.

Cyberspace--Security measures.

Cyberspace.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London : Iste ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012.

John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Today, cyber security, cyber defense, information warfare and cyber warfare issues are among the most relevant topics both at the national and international level. All the major states of the world are facing cyber threats and trying to understand how cyberspace could be used to increase power.Through an empirical, conceptual and theoretical approach, Cyber Conflict has been written by researchers and experts in the fields of cyber security, cyber defense and information warfare. It aims to analyze the processes of information warfare and cyber warfare through historical, operational

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Canada's Cyber Security Policy: a Tortuous Path Toward a Cyber Security Strategy; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Canada in North America: sovereign but subordinate?; 1.3. Counter-terrorism for the improvement of national security; 1.4. The long path to a national CI protection strategy and nationalcyber security strategy; 1.5. The adoption of the current strategies for CI protection and cyber security; 1.6. Conclusion; 1.7. Bibliography; 1.7.1. Scientific and media articles; 1.7.2. Primary Data; 1.7.3. Websites

Chapter 2. Cuba: Towards an Active Cyber-defense2.1. Cyberspace: statistics and history; 2.1.1. The marginalization of Cuba; 2.1.2. Cuban cyberspace as the target of attacks; 2.2. Theoretical and practical considerations on information warfareand cyber-warfare; 2.2.1. Development of capabilities; 2.3. Cyber-warfare theories and practices; 2.3.1. Fidel Castro's discourse; 2.3.2. The concept of active cyber-defense; 2.4. Regulations and ways around them; 2.4.1. The State's influence over cyberspace; 2.4.2. Getting around the restrictions

2.5. Capabilities of control, surveillance and interception2.6. Enemies; 2.7. Conclusion; 2.8. Bibliography; Chapter 3. French Perspectives on Cyber-conflict; 3.1. Cyberspace; 3.2. Assessments, view on the world and awakening; 3.2.1. Attacks; 3.2.2. The feeling of insecurity, the threat; 3.2.3. Potential vulnerabilities of States; 3.2.4. Evolution of the international environment; 3.3. Reaction, position of France and choice: theories, political strategies and military doctrines; 3.3.1. Information: a powerful weapon for those controlling it; 3.3.2. Media information: beneficial if controlled

3.3.3. Economic information as power, if controlled3.3.4. Information warfare; 3.3.5. Information warfare or information control; 3.3.6. The ANSSI; 3.3.7. Cyber-security and cyber-defense; 3.3.8. Army: Information operations, NEB (numérisation de l'espace de bataille/digitization of battlespace), info-development; 3.3.9. Cyber-war and other modalities of the cyber-conflict; 3.4. Conclusion; 3.5. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Digital Sparta: Information Operationsand Cyber-warfare in Greece; 4.1. Geopolitical significance; 4.2. Strategic concerns and internal balancing

4.3. Formative experiences in information operations: the Ergenekon conspiracy4.4. Formative experiences in information operations:intensifying cyber-attacks; 4.5. Formative experiences in information operations: the Öcalan affair; 4.6. Formative experiences in information operations: the Greek wiretapping case of 2004-2005; 4.7. Emerging civilian information operations strategies; 4.8. Emerging military information operations strategies; 4.9. The European Union dimension in Greek information operations; 4.10. Conclusion; 4.11. Bibliography

Chapter 5. Moving Toward an Italian Cyber Defenseand Security Strategy

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781118562666

1118562666

9781118562741

1118562747

9781118562963

1118562968

9781299188907

1299188907

OCLC:

828423696