Optimizing Cyberdeterrence: A Comprehensive Strategy for Preventing Foreign Cyberattacks

by Robert Mandel, Robert Mandel (Contribution by)

Overview

Cyberattacks are one of the greatest fears for governments and the private sector. The attacks come without warning and can be extremely costly and embarrassing. Robert Mandel offers a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626164123
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2017
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert Mandel is the Chair and Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College and is the author of twelve previous books including Coercing Compliance: State-Initiated Brute Force in Today's World.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Foreign Cyberthreat Dangers

2. Cyberdeterrence Paradoxes

3. Obstacles to Forward Progress

4. Cyberattack Case Studies

5. Case Study Patterns

6. Improving Cyberdeterrence Planning

7. Improving Cyberdeterrence Execution

8. When Cyberdeterrence Works Best

Conclusion

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What People are Saying About This

Tim Stevens

Optimizing Cyberdeterrence is a novel and insightful contribution to a complex policy field. Instead of shying away from the ambiguity and fluidity of cyberspace, Mandel tackles it head-on, wringing concrete proposals for cyberdeterrence from an empirically rich analysis of cyber conflict. Essential reading for policy-makers and the public alike.

Editorial Reviews

Optimizing Cyberdeterrence is a novel and insightful contribution to a complex policy field. Instead of shying away from the ambiguity and fluidity of cyberspace, Mandel tackles it head-on, wringing concrete proposals for cyberdeterrence from an empirically rich analysis of cyber conflict. Essential reading for policy-makers and the public alike.

Tim Stevens

"Optimizing Cyberdeterrence is a novel and insightful contribution to a complex policy field. Instead of shying away from the ambiguity and fluidity of cyberspace, Mandel tackles it head-on, wringing concrete proposals for cyberdeterrence from an empirically rich analysis of cyber conflict. Essential reading for policy-makers and the public alike." — Tim Stevens,, King's College London

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