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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

Cyber Warfare Strategic Innovations and Force Multipliers

"But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil."

Rick Riordan

Tools are just that: tools. There is no innately good or evil tool. The user is what determines what that tool is going to be used for and is ultimately responsible for the impact that the tool might have. A shovel can be used to dig an irrigation ditch and provide needed water for crops and homes. It can also be used to bash someone's skull in and bury them in a shallow grave. A visceral image and a violent one, but sometimes it is necessary to be a bit shocking to get a point across.

In cyber warfare this is just as true. While there certainly have been specifically developed weapons that have emerged from nation state actors and groups, the majority of what has been used as the tools to engage in cyber warfare actions were actually simply functional pieces...