The Basics of Cyber Warfare

Understanding the Fundamentals of Cyber Warfare in Theory and Practice

von Steve Winterfield, Jason Andress

168 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Basics of Cyber Warfare 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 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.

• Reihe: Syngress
• ISBN: 9780124047372
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2012
• Größe: 233 x 191 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Inc