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Cyberwarfare : an introduction to information-age conflict
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Title
Cyberwarfare : an introduction to information-age conflict / Isaac R. Porche.
ISBN
9781630815783
1630815780
9781630815769
Publication
Norwood, MA : Artech House, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 353 pages) : illustrations.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Isaac R. Porche, III is a chief engineer at a large defense contractor. He was formerly a senior engineer at the RAND Corporation, where he served as the Director of the Acquisition and Development Program in the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center. He is a former member of the U.S. Army Science Board and is currently an adjunct instructor for Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Politics and Strategy. He has testified before Congress on the topic of cyber threats and he once led a congressionally mandated study on cybersecurity needs of the legislative branch. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from The University of Michigan.
Summary
Conflict in cyberspace is becoming more prevalent in all public and private sectors and is of concern on many levels. As a result, knowledge of the topic is becoming essential across most disciplines. This book reviews and explains the technologies that underlie offensive and defensive cyber operations, which are practiced by a range of cyber actors including state actors, criminal enterprises, activists, and individuals. It explains the processes and technologies that enable the full spectrum of cyber operations. Readers will learn how to use basic tools for cyber security and pen-testing, and also be able to quantitatively assess cyber risk to systems and environments and discern and categorize malicious activity. The book provides key concepts of information age conflict technical basics/fundamentals needed to understand more specific remedies and activities associated with all aspects of cyber operations. It explains techniques associated with offensive cyber operations, with careful distinctions made between cyber ISR, cyber exploitation, and cyber attack. It explores defensive cyber operations and includes case studies that provide practical information, making this book useful for both novice and advanced information warfare practitioners.-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Knovel. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Porche, Isaac R. Cyberwarfare. Norwood, MA Artech House [2020]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2020
Series
Artech House intelligence and information operations series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
1. Information and conflict
2. Cyberattack lifecycles
3. Cyber risk
4. Legal aspects of cyber warfare and IW
5. Digital and wireless communication
6. Introduction to networking
7. Networking technology : ethernet, wi-fi, and bluetooth
8. Introduction to internet protocol and IP addresses
9. The transport layer, the application layer, the internet and the web
10. Offensive cyber operations by nation-state actors
11. Offensive cyber operations : techniques, procedures, and tools
12. Cybersecurity and the maritime domain
13. The cybersecurity of U.S. election systems.
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