[Infowarrior] - Book: Cyberpower and National Security

[Richard Forno]

Cyberpower and National Security

Edited by Franklin D. Kramer, Stuart H. Starr and Larry Wentz

642 pages; 6" x 9"; 36 Figures; 19 Tables

Paperback
$39.95  $31.96
978-1-59797-423-3
	
http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=207249

The cyber domain is undergoing extraordinary changes that present both  
exceptional opportunities to and major challenges for users of  
cyberspace. The challenges arise from the malevolent actors who use  
cyberspace and the many security vulnerabilities that plague this  
sphere. Exploiting opportunities and overcoming challenges will  
require a balanced body of knowledge on the cyber domain. Cyberpower  
and National Security assembles a group of experts and discusses  
pertinent issues in five areas.

The first section provides a broad foundation and overview of the  
subject by identifying key policy issues, establishing a common  
vocabulary, and proposing an initial version of a theory of  
cyberpower. The second section identifies and explores possible  
changes in cyberspace over the next fifteen years by assessing cyber  
infrastructure and security challenges. The third section analyzes the  
potential impact of changes in cyberspace on the military and  
informational levers of power. The fourth section addresses the extent  
to which changes in cyberspace serve to empower key entities such as  
transnational criminals, terrorists, and nation-states. The final  
section examines key institutional factors, which include issues  
concerning governance, legal dimensions, critical infrastructure  
protection, and organization.

Cyberpower and National Security frames the key issues concerned and  
identifies the important questions involved in building the human  
capacity to address cyber issues, balancing civil liberties with  
national security considerations, and developing the international  
partnerships needed to address cyber challenges. With more than two  
dozen contributors, Cyberpower and National Security covers it all.


About the Author(s)/Editor(s)

Franklin D. Kramer is a distinguished research fellow in the Center  
for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense  
University. He served as the assistant secretary of defense for  
international security affairs from 1996 to 2001.

Stuart H. Starr is also a distinguished research fellow in the Center  
for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense  
University. He concurrently serves as the president of the Barcroft  
Research Institute.

Larry Wentz is a senior research fellow in the Center for Technology  
and National Security Policy at the National Defense University.