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Understanding Cyber-Warfare: Politics, Policy and Strategy
Understanding CyberWarfare Politics Policy and Strategy Author:Brian Mazanec, Angelos Stavrou, Christopher Whyte This textbook offers an accessible introduction to the emerging subfield of cyber warfare. The international relations, policy, doctrine, strategy, and operational issues associated with computer attack, computer exploitation, and computer defense are collectively referred to as cyber warfare. This new textbook provides students with a comprehe... more »nsive perspective from both a technical and a policy perspective conducted by both state and non-state actors. Specifically, the book provides a comprehensive overview of these key issue areas: - the evolution of cyber warfare and the basic characteristics and methods of computer attack, exploitation, and defense including the state-of-the-art cyber weapons; - the current national policies, doctrines, and strategies relevant to cyber warfare; and, - an examination of key challenges in international law, norm development and the potential impact of cyber warfare on future international conflicts. This book will be of much interest to students of cyberwar and cyberconflict, security studies, strategic studies, defense policy and international relations in general. « less