Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare

Conflict in the Digital Realm

Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, Eugene H. Spafford

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
30 November 2023

Warfare & defence; Weapons & equipment; Other technologies & applied sciences

Series: Praeger Security International

"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."

By: Nicholas Michael Sambaluk
Foreword by: Eugene H. Spafford
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9798765115367
Series: Praeger Security International
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.