Cyber war is coming; announced a land-mark RAND report in 1993. In 2005; the U.S. Air Force boasted it would now fly; fight; and win in cyberspace; the "fifth domain" of warfare. This book takes stock; twenty years on: is cyber war really coming? Has war indeed entered the fifth domain?Cyber War Will Not Take Place cuts through the hype and takes a fresh look at cyber security. Thomas Rid argues that the focus on war and winning distracts from the real challenge of cyberspace: non-violent confrontation that may rival or even replace violence in surprising ways.The threat consists of three different vectors: espionage; sabotage; and subversion. The author traces the most significant hacks and attacks; exploring the full spectrum of case studies from the shadowy world of computer espionage and weaponised code. With a mix of technical detail and rigorous political analysis; the book explores some key questions: What are cyber weapons? How have they changed the meaning of violence? How likely and how dangerous is crowd-sourced subversive activity? Why has there never been a lethal cyber attack against a country's critical infrastructure? How serious is the threat of "pure" cyber espionage; of exfiltrating data without infiltrating humans first? And who is most vulnerable: which countries; industries; individuals?
#419290 in Books Jan N Bremmer 2006-04-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.98 x .28 x 5.98l; .43 #File Name: 0199220735132 pagesGreek Religion
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