Surviving cyberwar

The book begins with Shawn Carpenter and his discovery that China had hacked into his work place, Sandia Labs. It follows the rise of cyber espionage on the part of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) as increasingly sophisticated and overt attacks are carried out against government and military networks around the world. It moves from cyber espionage to cyberwar itself, revealing the rise of distributed denial of service (DDoS) as a means of attacking servers, websites, and countries. It provides a historical perspective on technology and warfare is provided, drawing on lessons learned from Sun Tsu to Lawrence of Arabia to Winston Churchill, and finishes by considering how major democracies are preparing for cyberwar and predicts ways that a new era of cyber conflict is going to impact the Internet, privacy, and the way the world works. This text is a stimulating and informative look at one of the gravest threats to Homeland Security today, offering new insights to technologists on the front lines, helping policy makers understand the challenges they face, and providing guidance for every organization to help reduce exposure to cyber threats.

1. Titan rain and Shawn Carpenter -- 2. The red wars -- 3. Countering cyber espionage -- 4. Toppling e-mail servers -- 5. The Pentagon -- 6. Geopolitical cyber hot spots -- 7. DDoS defense -- 8. Crowd sourcing cyber attacks -- 9. Oh Estonia -- 10. Cyberwar cuts a swath through Eastern Europe -- 11. Georgia : the first cyberwar -- 12. Conflict causes change -- 13. Four pillars of cyberwar -- 14. Cyber preparedness -- 15. Repercussions.