Skip to main content Site map

Cybersecurity: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace


Cybersecurity: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace

Hardback by Van Puyvelde, Damien; Brantly, Aaron F.

Cybersecurity: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace

£55.00

ISBN:
9781509528097
Publication Date:
5 Jul 2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:
Polity Press
Pages:
224 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 - 29 May 2024
Cybersecurity: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace

Description

In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded concerns about cybersecurity. But should we believe the prophets of cyber war or worry about online government surveillance? Are such security concerns real, exaggerated or just poorly understood? In this comprehensive text, Damien Van Puyvelde and Aaron F. Brantly provide a cutting-edge introduction to the key concepts, controversies and policy debates in cybersecurity. Exploring the interactions of individuals, groups and states in cyberspace, and the integrated security risks to which these give rise, they examine cyberspace as a complex socio-technical-economic domain that fosters both great potential and peril. Structured around ten chapters, the book explores the complexities and challenges of cybersecurity using case studies - from the Morris Worm and Titan Rain to BlackEnergy and the Cyber Caliphate - to highlight the evolution of attacks that can exploit and damage individual systems and critical infrastructures. With questions for group discussion and suggestions for further reading throughout, Cybersecurity will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the challenges and opportunities presented by the continued expansion of cyberspace.

Contents

Contents Figures, Tables and Boxes Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The expanding scope of cybersecurity 2 What is cyberspace? 3 Governing cyberspace 4 Cyber capabilities and insecurity 5 National cybersecurity and strategy 6 Cyber war 7 Non-state threats: from cybercrime to terrorism 8 Organizing deterrence and defense in cyberspace 9 Cybersecurity and democracy 10 The futures of cybersecurity Bibliography Index

Back

University of Salford logo