Strategic Cyber Deterrence: The Active Cyber Defense Option
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1538104881 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Strategic Cyber Deterrence, Scott Jasper breaks down the theory and practice of deterrence within the realm of cyberspace and argues that the traditional approaches of deterrence by retaliation, denial, and entanglement fail as strategic options. Fidler, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity, Council on Foreign Relations) . In the development of American cybersecurity policy, deterrence has simultaneously grown more important and more controversial, leaving policymakers who confront mounting cyber threats tempted by deterrent strategies shrouded in doubts about their effectiveness. (David P. Instead, Jasper advocates for achieving strategic deterrence by combin
Scott Jasper, CAPT, USN (ret) is a Lecturer in the National Security Affairs Department at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
The U.S. This book offers a systematic analysis of the various existing strategic cyber deterrence options and introduces the alternative strategy of active cyber defense. It also provides answers on what is being done, and what could be done, by the government and industry to convince malicious actors that their attacks will not succeed and that risk of repercussions exists. It shows how active cyber defense is technically capable and legally viable as an alternative strategy for the deterrence of cyber attacks.. Even worse is the threat to critical infrastructure, as seen by the malware infections at electrical distribution companies in Ukraine that caused outages to 225,000 customers in late 2015. Presidential Election have brought national attention to the inadequacy of cyber deterrence. Traditional deterrence