Introduction to Cyber-Warfare: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Paperback)

Cyber Warfare has become a global problem threatening governments, corporations and individuals. This new domain of warfare is not only inhabited by governments such as China, Russia, Iran, and the United States, but a variety of other actors including insurgent groups like Hezbollah and Hamas as well as hacking groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec, and others. According to a recent analysis the global market for Cyber Warfare consulting, product development and protective services will reach a value of $15.9 billion in 2012. This in-depth text on cyber warfare, written by experts on the front lines, explores the cutting edge world of cyber-warfare including the following:

. Provides a multi-disciplinary approach to Cyber Warfare analyzing the information technology, military, policy, social, and scientific issues that are in play.

. Presents detailed case studies of cyber-attack including inter-state cyber-conflict (Russia-Estonia), cyber-attack as an element of an information operations strategy (Israel-Hezbollah,) and cyber-attack as a tool against dissidents within a state (Russia, Iran)

. Explores cyber-attack conducted by large, powerful, non-state hacking organizations such as Anonymous and LulzSec

. Covers cyber-attacks directed against infrastructure such including but not limited to water treatment plants, power-grid and a detailed account on Stuxent

網絡戰已成為威脅政府、企業和個人的全球問題。這種新型戰爭領域不僅由中國、俄羅斯、伊朗和美國等政府所佔據，還包括像真主黨和哈馬斯這樣的叛亂組織，以及匿名者、LulzSec等駭客組織。根據最近的分析，2012年全球網絡戰諮詢、產品開發和保護服務市場價值將達到159億美元。這本由前線專家撰寫的深入探討網絡戰的專書，探索了網絡戰的前沿世界，包括以下內容：

- 提供多學科的網絡戰分析，分析了信息技術、軍事、政策、社會和科學等相關問題。
- 提供網絡攻擊的詳細案例研究，包括國際間的網絡衝突（俄羅斯-愛沙尼亞）、網絡攻擊作為信息作戰策略的一部分（以色列-真主黨）以及網絡攻擊作為打壓國內異議人士的工具（俄羅斯、伊朗）。
- 探討由大型、強大的非國家駭客組織（如匿名者和LulzSec）進行的網絡攻擊。
- 詳細介紹針對基礎設施的網絡攻擊，包括但不限於水處理廠、電力網絡，以及對Stuxent的詳細描述。