Cybersecurity and cyberwar : what everyone needs to know / P.W. Singer and Allan Friedman. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren), author.

Friedman, Allan, author.

Series:

What everyone needs to know.

What everyone needs to know

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security.

Cyberspace.

Cyberterrorism.

Information warfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dependence on computers has had a transformative effect on human society. Cybernetics is now woven into the core functions of virtually every basic institution, including our oldest ones. War is one such institution, and the digital revolution's impact on it has been profound. The American military, which has no peer, is almost completely reliant on high-tech computer systems. Given the Internet's potential for full-spectrum surveillance and information disruption, the marshaling of computer networks represents the next stage of cyberwar.

Contents:

Cover; CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERWAR; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Why Write a Book about Cybersecurity and Cyberwar?; Why Is There a Cybersecurity Knowledge Gap, and Why Does It Matter?; How Did You Write the Book and What Do You Hope to Accomplish?; Part I HOW IT ALL WORKS; The World Wide What? Defining Cyberspace; Where Did This "Cyber Stuff" Come from Anyway? A Short History of the Internet; How Does the Internet Actually Work?; Who Runs It? Understanding Internet Governance; On the Internet, How Do They Know Whether You Are a Dog? Identity and Authentication

What Do We Mean by "Security" Anyway?What Are the Threats?; One Phish, Two Phish, Red Phish, Cyber Phish: What Are Vulnerabilities?; How Do We Trust in Cyberspace?; Focus: What Happened in WikiLeaks?; What Is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)?; How Do We Keep the Bad Guys Out? The Basics of Computer Defense; Who Is the Weakest Link? Human Factors; Part II WHY IT MATTERS; What Is the Meaning of Cyberattack? The Importance of Terms and Frameworks; Whodunit? The Problem of Attribution; What Is Hactivism?; Focus: Who Is Anonymous?; The Crimes of Tomorrow, Today: What Is Cybercrime?

Shady RATs and Cyberspies: What Is Cyber Espionage?How Afraid Should We Be of Cyberterrorism?; So How Do Terrorists Actually Use the Web?; What about Cyber Counterterrorism?; Security Risk or Human Right? Foreign Policy and the Internet; Focus: What Is Tor and Why Does Peeling Back the Onion Matter?; Who Are Patriotic Hackers?; Focus: What Was Stuxnet?; What Is the Hidden Lesson of Stuxnet? The Ethics of Cyberweapons; "Cyberwar, Ugh, What Are Zeros and Ones Good For?": Defining Cyberwar; A War by Any Other Name? The Legal Side of Cyber Conflict

What Might a "Cyberwar" Actually Look Like? Computer Network OperationsFocus: What Is the US Military Approach to Cyberwar?; Focus: What Is the Chinese Approach to Cyberwar?; What about Deterrence in an Era of Cyberwar?; Why Is Threat Assessment So Hard in Cyberspace?; Does the Cybersecurity World Favor the Weak or the Strong?; Who Has the Advantage, the Offense or the Defense?; A New Kind of Arms Race: What Are the Dangers of Cyber Proliferation?; Are There Lessons from Past Arms Races?; Behind the Scenes: Is There a Cyber-Industrial Complex?; Part III WHAT CAN WE DO?

Don't Get Fooled: Why Can't We Just Build a New, More Secure Internet?Rethink Security: What Is Resilience, and Why Is It Important?; Reframe the Problem (and the Solution): What Can We Learn from Public Health?; Learn from History: What Can (Real) Pirates Teach Us about Cybersecurity?; Protect World Wide Governance for the World Wide Web: What Is the Role of International Institutions?; "Graft" the Rule of Law: Do We Need a Cyberspace Treaty?; Understand the Limits of the State in Cyberspace: Why Can't The Government Handle It?

Rethink Government's Role: How Can We Better Organize for Cybersecurity?

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2014.

Description based on publisher information.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-757008-9