Cyber Threat: The Rise of Information Geopolitics in U.S. National Security
The Rise of Information Geopolitics in U.S. National Security
Nonfiction, Computers, Internet, Security, Networking & Communications, Computer Security, Operating Systems
| Author: | Chris Bronk | ISBN: | 9781440834998 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | February 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chris Bronk |
| ISBN: | 9781440834998 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | February 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
This book presents a holistic view of the geopolitics of cyberspace that have arisen over the past decade, utilizing recent events to explain the international security dimension of cyber threat and vulnerability, and to document the challenges of controlling information resources and protecting computer systems.
• Provides relevant, rigorous information to those in the computer security field while also being accessible to a general audience of policy, international security, and military readers who seek to understand the cyber security issue and how it has evolved
• Documents how contemporary society is dependent upon cyberspace for its function, and that the understanding of how it works and how it can be broken is knowledge held by a precious few
• Informs both technically savvy readers who build and maintain the infrastructure of cyberspace and the policymakers who develop rules, processes, and laws on how the cyber security problem is managed
This book presents a holistic view of the geopolitics of cyberspace that have arisen over the past decade, utilizing recent events to explain the international security dimension of cyber threat and vulnerability, and to document the challenges of controlling information resources and protecting computer systems.
• Provides relevant, rigorous information to those in the computer security field while also being accessible to a general audience of policy, international security, and military readers who seek to understand the cyber security issue and how it has evolved
• Documents how contemporary society is dependent upon cyberspace for its function, and that the understanding of how it works and how it can be broken is knowledge held by a precious few
• Informs both technically savvy readers who build and maintain the infrastructure of cyberspace and the policymakers who develop rules, processes, and laws on how the cyber security problem is managed
