Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare: Conflict in the Digital Realm
This illuminating book examines and refines the commonplace "wisdom" about cyber conflict-its effects, character, and implications for national and individual security in the 21st century.

"Cyber warfare" evokes different images to different people. This book deals with the technological aspects denoted by "cyber" and also with the information operations connected to social media's role in digital struggle.

The author discusses numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve blame for not defending adequately against attacks. The author outlines why several widespread beliefs about cyber weapons need modification and suggests more nuanced and contextualized conclusions about how cyber domain hostility impacts conflict in the modern world.

After distinguishing between the nature of warfare and the character of wars, chapters will probe the widespread assumptions about cyber weapons themselves. The second half of the book explores the role of social media and the consequences of the digital realm being a battlespace in 21st-century conflicts. The book also considers how trends in computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs as well as the practicality of people's relationships with institutions and trends, ranging from democracy to the Internet of Things.
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Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare: Conflict in the Digital Realm
This illuminating book examines and refines the commonplace "wisdom" about cyber conflict-its effects, character, and implications for national and individual security in the 21st century.

"Cyber warfare" evokes different images to different people. This book deals with the technological aspects denoted by "cyber" and also with the information operations connected to social media's role in digital struggle.

The author discusses numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve blame for not defending adequately against attacks. The author outlines why several widespread beliefs about cyber weapons need modification and suggests more nuanced and contextualized conclusions about how cyber domain hostility impacts conflict in the modern world.

After distinguishing between the nature of warfare and the character of wars, chapters will probe the widespread assumptions about cyber weapons themselves. The second half of the book explores the role of social media and the consequences of the digital realm being a battlespace in 21st-century conflicts. The book also considers how trends in computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs as well as the practicality of people's relationships with institutions and trends, ranging from democracy to the Internet of Things.
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Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare: Conflict in the Digital Realm

Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare: Conflict in the Digital Realm

Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare: Conflict in the Digital Realm

Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare: Conflict in the Digital Realm

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Overview

This illuminating book examines and refines the commonplace "wisdom" about cyber conflict-its effects, character, and implications for national and individual security in the 21st century.

"Cyber warfare" evokes different images to different people. This book deals with the technological aspects denoted by "cyber" and also with the information operations connected to social media's role in digital struggle.

The author discusses numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve blame for not defending adequately against attacks. The author outlines why several widespread beliefs about cyber weapons need modification and suggests more nuanced and contextualized conclusions about how cyber domain hostility impacts conflict in the modern world.

After distinguishing between the nature of warfare and the character of wars, chapters will probe the widespread assumptions about cyber weapons themselves. The second half of the book explores the role of social media and the consequences of the digital realm being a battlespace in 21st-century conflicts. The book also considers how trends in computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs as well as the practicality of people's relationships with institutions and trends, ranging from democracy to the Internet of Things.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216120964
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 03/01/2020
Series: Praeger Security International
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 232
File size: 816 KB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, PhD, is associate professor specializing in military history topics dealing with technology and innovation. He is author or editor of several books and journal articles related to cyber warfare.
Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, PhD, is associate professor at the Air Force Cyber College at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.


Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, PhD, is associate professor at Air University's eSchool of Graduate Professional Military Education and an author on military history and military technology and innovation.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Eugene H. Spafford
Preface
1. War's Character and Nature, and the Stuxnet Trap
2. Temporal Mythologies of Cyberwar
3. Mythologies of Cyberwar Effects
4. The Attribution Paradox and Organizations' Impact on Cyberwar
5. Form and Function of Social Media
6. Unpacking the Mythologies of Social Media
7. Data as a Battlespace
8. A Postmodern or a Premodern Future?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

W. Michael Guillot

Nick Sambaluk has produced a unique book on all aspects of cyber. In the process he upsets traditional views and challenges preconceived notions of cyber warfare. For cyber professionals and future war planners this is a must-read volume.

Dr. Corvin J. Connolly

"Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare is an elegantly crafted examination of cyber warfare and the cyber domain. This masterfully researched tour de force has lessons that we ignore at our peril. It raises timely questions about cybersecurity, cyber warfare, and social media that every thoughtful citizen will want to consider."

Paul J. Springer

Professor Sambaluk’s investigation of cyber warfare, and its implications for 21st-century conflict, is a powerful reminder that the character of war may change, but its nature does not. Cyber warfare offers a new means to resolve long-standing political conflicts. This work is a must-have for any student of cyber conflict.

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