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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

Micro-segmentation is a key to survival

If we accept the points about the issues with the concept of perimeter-based security being a categorical failure, it is, therefore, necessary to think about how one can leverage technology to move past that fail point.

When that realization is accepted, the next question becomes, how should we still work to gain the upper hand by isolating the enemy within the infrastructure but not subscribing to the "high walls will protect us" ideology? This is where micro-segmentation comes into the picture.

What is micro-segmentation?

But first, let's detail what we mean when we suggest using real micro-segmentation. In the traditional perimeter-based model, segmentation is reliant mainly on the use of a firewall. While firewalls are still needed to help apply boundaries to the infrastructure and to set clear limits on where the delineation between controlled space and uncontrolled space lies, the use of a firewall as the primary...