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Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies

By : Dr. Chase Cunningham
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Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies

By: Dr. Chase Cunningham

Overview of this book

The era of cyber warfare is now upon us. What we do now and how we determine what we will do in the future is the difference between whether our businesses live or die and whether our digital self survives the digital battlefield. Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies takes you on a journey through the myriad of cyber attacks and threats that are present in a world powered by AI, big data, autonomous vehicles, drones video, and social media. Dr. Chase Cunningham uses his military background to provide you with a unique perspective on cyber security and warfare. Moving away from a reactive stance to one that is forward-looking, he aims to prepare people and organizations to better defend themselves in a world where there are no borders or perimeters. He demonstrates how the cyber landscape is growing infinitely more complex and is continuously evolving at the speed of light. The book not only covers cyber warfare, but it also looks at the political, cultural, and geographical influences that pertain to these attack methods and helps you understand the motivation and impacts that are likely in each scenario. Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies is as real-life and up-to-date as cyber can possibly be, with examples of actual attacks and defense techniques, tools. and strategies presented for you to learn how to think about defending your own systems and data.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Index
Appendix – Major Cyber Incidents Throughout 2019

"Law 2" – Think strategically, move tactically

In warfare, the importance of the need for movement within the battlespace is accepted as critical to survivability. Most of the time, the chaos of the space and the ever changing, and innovating, enemies' actions dominate the thoughts and plans of the defenders. The ways in which actions are being taken by each party result in a constant game of cat and mouse. It is only when one side recognizes that they must more cautiously engage in strategic thinking while enabling tactical movement that the balance of power begins to shift.

This is especially true in cyber warfare. For the last two decades, the major power player nation states on the planet have been engaging with one another in the tactical sense. A constant back and forth of who has the best intelligence and which unit has the newest and most powerful exploitation solution has continually been part of the tactical firefight between nation states. While...