Deter, disrupt, or deceive : assessing cyber conflict as an intelligence contest / Robert Chesney and Max Smeets, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chesney, Robert M., 1971- editor.

Smeets, Max, 1990- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberspace operations (Military science).

Cyber intelligence (Computer security).

Deception (Military science).

Military intelligence.

Physical Description:

xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The idea of "cyber war" has played a dominant role both in academic and popular discourses concerning the nature of statecraft and conflict in the cyber domain. However, this lens of war and its expectations for death and destruction may distort rather than help clarify the nature of cyber competition. Are cyber activities actually more like an intelligence contest, where both states and nonstate actors grapple for advantage below the threshold of war? This book debates that question. The contributors unpack the conceptual and theoretical logics of the framing of cyber competition as an intelligence contest, particularly in the areas of information theft and manipulation. Taken as a whole, the chapters give rise to a unique dialogue, illustrating areas of agreement and disagreement among leading experts, and placing all of it in conversation with the larger fields of international relations and intelligence studies"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The Elements of an Intelligence Contest / Joshua Rovner

The Character of Strategic Cyberspace Competition and the Role of Ideology / Michael Warner

Hidden Dangers in the American Military Solution to a Large-Scale Intelligence Problem / Jon R. Lindsay

Secrecy in Strategy / Lennart Maschmeyer

Cyber Persistence, Intelligence Contests, and Strategic Competition / Michael Fischerkeller & Richard Harknett

The United States and Legitimizing Rules of the Game / Steven Loleski

A Chinese Perspective on the New Intelligence Framework to Understand National Competition in Cyberspace / Lyu Jinghua

Russia's Holistic Conceptual Framework for Cyber Activity / Valeriy Akimenko and Keir Giles

The Development of United Kingdom's Cyber Posture / Ciaran Martin

Private Actors and the Intelligence Contest in Cyber Conflict / JD Work

Taking Non-State Actors Seriously (No, Seriously) / Nina A. Kollars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Deter, disrupt, or deceive.

ISBN:

9781647123307

1647123305

9781647123260

1647123267

OCLC:

1369032777