Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare

ISBN-13: 9780521692144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 336 str.

Martin Libicki

Opis

With billions of computers in existence, cyberspace, 'the virtual world created when they are connected, ' is said to be the new medium of power. Computer hackers operating from anywhere can enter cyberspace and take control of other people's computers, stealing their information, corrupting their workings, and shutting them down. Modern societies and militaries, both pervaded by computers, are supposedly at risk. As Conquest in Cyberspace explains, however, information systems and information itself are too easily conflated, and persistent mastery over the former is difficult to achieve

Recenzje

"Libicki recognizes the grand problem in discourse on the topic of cyberwarfare: the incredible breadth of topical space....Conquest in Cyberspace is an admirable work. It covers much territory and serves the important role of provoking thought and redirecting inquiry. By crossing disciplinary boundaries, Martin Libicki has enriched our understanding of the relationship between information technology and international politics."
Chris Bronk, Journal of Information Technology & Politics

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Hostile conquest as information warfare; 3. Information warfare as noise; 4. Information warfare against defense systems; 5. Information warfare against command and control; 6. Friendly conquest in cyberspace; 7. Friendly conquest using global systems; 8. Retail conquest in cyberspace; 9. From intimacy, vulnerability; 10. Talking conquest in cyberspace; 11. Managing conquest in cyberspace; Appendix. Why cyberspace is likely to gain consequence.