Current and Emerging Trends in Cyber Operations: Policy, Strategy and Practice

by Frederic Lemieux (Editor)

Overview

This book explores current and emerging trends in policy, strategy, and practice related to cyber operations conducted by states and non-state actors. The book examines in depth the nature and dynamics of conflicts in the cyberspace, the geopolitics of cyber conflicts, defence strategy and practice, cyber intelligence and information security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137455543
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/29/2015
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Scott Applegate, US Army Zal Azmi, Nexus Solutions LLC Jeffrey Bardin, Treadstone 71 Andrew Colarik, Independent Researcher Jack L. Goldsmith, Harvard Law School, USA Roland Heickerö, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand Jyh-An Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong Frederic Lemieux, George Washington University, USA Harold W. "Punch" Moulton, Stellar Solutions Charles Pak, CSC, USA James Stavidis, Tufts University, USA Constance P. Uthoff, George Washington University, USA

Table of Contents

1. Trends in Cyber Operations: An Introduction; Frederic Lemieux

PART I: CONFLICTS IN CYBER SPACE

2. Cyber Conflict: Disruption and Exploitation in the Digital Age; Scott Applegate

3. Establishing Cyber Warfare Doctrine; Andrew Colarik and Lech Janczewski

4. How Cyber Changes the Laws of War; Jack Goldsmith

PART II: GEOPOLITICS OF CONFLICTS IN THE CYBER SPACE

5. Russia's Information Warfare Capabilities; Roland Heickerö

6. The Sino-U.S. Digital Relationship and International Cyber Security; Jyh-An Lee

7. Cyber Operations in the Middle East; Jeffrey Bardin

PART III: DEFENSE STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

8. A National Strategy for the United States Cyberspace; Harold 'Punch' Moulton, James Stavridis, and Constance Uthoff

9. Defending Critical Infrastructures Against Cyber Attacks: Cooperation Through Data Exchange Infrastructure and Advanced Data Analytics; Frederic Lemieux

10. Cyber Security Protection Measures Applied in the UK and USA; Wayne Harrop and Ashley Matteson

PART IV: CYBER INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SECURITY

11. Typologies of Attacks and Vulnerabilities Related to the National Critical Infrastructure; Charles Pak

12. Opportunities and Security Challenges of Big Data; Zal Azmi

13. Strategic Cyber Intelligence: An Examination of Practices across Industry, Government and Military; Constance Uthoff