The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 1st edition (November 30, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0124047378
• ISBN-13: 978-0124047372

eBook Description:

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice

• Provides a sound understanding of the tools and tactics used in cyber warfare.
• Describes both offensive and defensive tactics from an insider’s point of view.
• Presents doctrine and hands-on techniques to understand as cyber warfare evolves with technology.

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice provides readers with fundamental knowledge of cyber war in both theoretical and practical aspects. This book explores the principles of cyber warfare, including military and cyber doctrine, social engineering, and offensive and defensive tools, tactics and procedures, including computer network exploitation (CNE), attack (CNA) and defense (CND).

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice gives readers a concise overview of these threats and outlines the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber warfare. It is a valuable resource for policy makers, CEOs and CIOs, penetration testers, security administrators, and students and instructors in information security.

As part of the WOW! eBook Basics series, The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice provides readers with fundamental knowledge of cyber warfare in both theoretical and practical aspects. This book explores the battlefields, participants and the tools and techniques used during today’s digital conflicts. The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice teaches readers the principles of cyber warfare, including military doctrine, cyber doctrine, and both offensive and defensive tactics and procedures.

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice gives readers a concise overview of these threats, and outlines the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber war. This book is designed as an introductory book to give readers insight into the concepts and techniques of cyber warfare. The authors’ other title, Cyber Warfare, published by WOW! eBook in 2011, will be mentioned in the Introduction of this book for readers who are interested in diving in to these topics and techniques in more depth.

Readers learn the basics of how to defend against espionage, hacking, insider threats, state-sponsored attacks, and non-state actors (such as organized criminals and terrorists). Finally, the book looks ahead to emerging aspects of cyber security technology and trends, including cloud computing, mobile devices, biometrics and nanotechnology.

• Provides a sound understanding of the tools and tactics used in cyber warfare.
• Describes both offensive and defensive tactics from an insider’s point of view.
• Presents doctrine and hands-on techniques to understand as cyber warfare evolves with technology.

As part of the WOW! eBook Basics series, The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice provides readers with fundamental knowledge of cyber warfare in both theoretical and practical aspects. This book explores the battlefields, participants and the tools and techniques used during today’s digital conflicts. The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice teaches readers the principles of cyber warfare, including military doctrine, cyber doctrine, and both offensive and defensive tactics and procedures. Readers learn the basics of how to defend against:

• Espionage
• Hactivism
• Insider threats
• State-sponsored attacks
• Non-state actors such as organized criminals and terrorists

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice gives readers a concise overview of these threats, and outlines the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber war. This book is designed as an introductory book to give readers insight into the concepts and techniques of cyber warfare. The authors’ other title, Cyber Warfare, published by WOW! eBook in 2011, will be mentioned in the Introduction of this book for readers who are interested in diving in to these topics and techniques in more depth.

• Provides a sound understanding of the tools and tactics used in cyber warfare.
• Describes both offensive and defensive tactics from an insider’s point of view.
• Presents doctrine and hands-on techniques you need to understand as cyber warfare evolves with technology.

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice provides readers with fundamental knowledge of cyber war in both theoretical and practical aspects. This book explores the principles of cyber warfare, including military and cyber doctrine, social engineering, and offensive and defensive tools, tactics and procedures, including computer network exploitation (CNE), attack (CNA) and defense (CND).

Readers learn the basics of how to defend against espionage, hacking, insider threats, state-sponsored attacks, and non-state actors (such as organized criminals and terrorists). Finally, the book looks ahead to emerging aspects of cyber security technology and trends, including cloud computing, mobile devices, biometrics and nanotechnology.

The Basics of Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice gives readers a concise overview of these threats and outlines the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber warfare. It is a valuable resource for policy makers, CEOs and CIOs, penetration testers, security administrators, and students and instructors in information security.

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