Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar, Martin C. Libicki
Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar, Martin C. Libicki
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Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar

Author: Martin C. Libicki

Narrator: Erik Sandvold

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/09/2010

Synopsis

The protection of cyberspace, the information medium, has become a vital national interest because of its importance both to the economy and to military power. An attacker may tamper with networks to steal information for money or to disrupt operations. Future wars are likely to be carried out, in part or perhaps entirely, in cyberspace. It might therefore seem obvious that maneuvering in cyberspace is like maneuvering in other media, but nothing would be more misleading. Cyberspace has its own laws. It is easy to hide identities and difficult to predict or even understand battle damage, and attacks deplete themselves quickly. Cyberwar is nothing so much as the manipulation of ambiguity. Martin Libicki explores these topics in detail and uses the results to address such issues as the pros and cons of counterattack, the value of deterrence and vigilance, and other actions the United States and the U.S. Air Force can take to protect itself in the face of deliberate cyberattack.

About Martin C. Libicki

Martin C. Libicki is a senior management scientist at the Rand Corporation whose research and analysis focuses on the relationship of information technology to national and domestic security. Selected publications include How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida and Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare. He previously taught at the National Defense University and received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam on February 11, 2022

In this book the author spends most of the time discussing the political and strategic moves on when and how to retaliate when dealing with actors in Cyber War for optimal outcome. This focus makes this work still relevant if though it is 13 years old now. It is a chess game of thinking 3-4 moves ah......more

Goodreads review by Mick on March 20, 2018

A little dated. Interesting but there are more up to date books on this topic.......more

Goodreads review by Froztwolf on January 23, 2011

Listened to the audiobook. As it is a report done on the behalf of a ranking US officer, it is quite dry and technical but does give a decent ideo of how larger nations today view cybersecurity and cyberwar. The report suffers for heaving almost no historical events to cite, making it speculative. Re......more

Goodreads review by Matt on June 16, 2012

I didn't realize this was a RAND corporation report for the Air Force -- so it was rather dry and written in "strategic speak" at some points (if the target does A .. while on the other hand target may respond...). There was also lots of discussion that reminded me of "game theory"/nuclear deterrenc......more

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