Ethics and cyberwarfare : the quest for responsible security in the age of digital warfare / George Lucas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucas, George R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberspace operations (Military science).

National security.

Hacktivism.

Computer crimes.

State crimes.

Information warfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Information warfare.

Information technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Information technology.

Just war doctrine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 187 pages) : illustration

Other Title:

Quest for responsible security in the age of digital warfare

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

'State sponsored hacktivism' constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This work explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this 'soft' mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and 'just war theory' that results in a new code of ethics for today's 'cyber warriors.'

Contents:

Introduction: crime or warfare?

Cyber (in)security: threat assessment in the cyber domain

Is there a role for ethics or law in cyber conflict?

The Tallinn Manual: international law in the aftermath of Estonia

Genuine ethics versus "folk morality" in cyberspace

If Aristotle waged cyberwar: how norms emerge from practice

Privacy, anonymity, and the rise of state-sponsored hacktivism

NSA management directive #424: anticipatory national self-defense

Conclusion: toward a "code of ethics" for cyber warriors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 10, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-027654-1

0-19-027655-X