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Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies

By : Dr. Chase Cunningham
Book Image

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

DeepFakes and AI/ML in Cyber Security

In this chapter, we will bring to light some of the newer innovations in the industry that surround artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) uses that are applicable in cyber security and potentially cyber warfare. While time could be spent specifically detailing exactly how to build and deploy your own AI/ML-based DeepFakes, that is not what this chapter is about. In all honesty, that is a dangerous gambit. These tools and techniques have broad implications and could impact the fabric of truth around a variety of important topic areas. Instead of specific "how to" sections, we will discuss:

  • What are DeepFakes and where are they being noted today?
  • How can AI/ML be used in these applications to weaponize facts, video, sound, and even biometrics?
  • What broad impacts are possible thanks to these innovations and their coupling to massively powerful cloud computing resources?

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