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May
19

Wars of Disruption and Resilience: Cybered Conflict, Power, and National Security (Studies in Security and International Affairs)

Category: Books Tags: Affairs, ancient athens and sparta, Athens, Battlefield, Capitalism, China, chris c demchak, colonial wars, Commander, Conflict, critical sectors, Cyber Power, cyber warfare, Cybered, defense intelligence, Disruption, dysfunctional, global cyber, Informationskrieg, Infrastructure, International, National, Power, power strategy, resilience, Security, Sparta, Studies, Stuxnet, surprise attacks, technical challenges, theories of international relations, Undeclared, United States, Virtual, virtual battlefield, War Leave a Comment

Increasingly, the power of a large, complex, wired nation like the United States rests on its ability to disrupt would-be cyber attacks and to be resilient against a successful attack or recurring campaign. Addressing the concerns of both theorists and those on the national security front lines, Chris C. Demchak presents a unified strategy for survival in an interconnected, ever-messier, more surprising cybered world and examines the institutional adaptations required of our defense, intelligence, energy, and other critical sectors for national security.

Demchak introduces a strategy of “security resilience” against surprise attacks for a cybered world that is divided between modern, digitally vulnerable city-states and more dysfunctional global regions. Its key concepts build on theories of international relations, complexity in social-technical systems, and organizational-institutional adaptation. Demchak tests the strategy for reasonableness in history’s few examples of states disrupting rather than conquering and being resilient to attacks, including ancient Athens and Sparta, several British colonial wars, and two American limited wars. She applies the strategy to modern political, social, and technical challenges and presents three kinds of institutional adaptation that predicate the success of the security resilience strategy in response. Finally, Demchak discusses implications for the future including new forms of cyber aggression like the Stuxnet worm, the rise of the cyber-command concept, and the competition between the U.S. and China as global cyber leaders.

Wars of Disruption and Resilience offers a blueprint for a national cyber-power strategy that is long in time horizon, flexible in target and scale, and practical enough to maintain the security of a digitized nation facing violent cybered conflict.

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Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It (tobem.com)
The Cyber-Posture of the National Information Infrastructure (1998) (tobem.com)
The Undeclared War: Class Conflict in the Age of Cyber Capitalism (tobem.com)
Informationskrieg und Cyber War (tobem.com)
Cyber Commander’s Handbook (tobem.com)

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May
18

By CyberWarrior

The Nature of War in the Information Age: Clausewitzian Future Strategy History

Category: Books Tags: Affairs, Air, Battle, Battlespace, Bot, Clausewitz, Clausewitzian, Command, Conduct, Cyber, Cyberwar, david lonsdale, future strategy, geopolitics, History, information age, information power, Information Warfare, Iraq, Military, military affairs, Nature, Power, Revolution, September, september 11, strategic information warfare, Strategy, Studies, US, War, war in iraq 1 Comment

There has been a great deal of speculation recently concerning the likely impact of the ‘Information Age‘ on warfare. In this vein, much of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the Information Age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In this book, David Lonsdale puts that notion to the test.

Using a range of contexts, the book sets out to look at whether the classical Clausewitzian theory of the nature of war will retain its validity in this new age. The analysis covers the character of the future battlespace, the function of command, and the much-hyped concept of Strategic Information Warfare. Finally, the book broadens its perspective to examine the nature of ‘Information Power’ and its implications for geopolitics. Through an assessment of both historical and contemporary case studies (including the events following September 11 and the recent war in Iraq), the author concludes that although the future will see many changes to the conduct of warfare, the nature of war, as given theoretical form by Clausewitz, will remain essentially unchanged.

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May
18

By CyberWarrior

Managed Code Rootkits: Hooking into Runtime Environments

Category: Books Tags: .NET, A8X, ADB, Android, Application, Attack, Back Door, back doors, Bluetooth, Compiler, Dalvik, development scenarios, Dropad, Froyo, GCC, Gingerbread, GPS, Hacker, Honeycomb, Java, Kernel, Malware, metula, new rootkit, ReFrameworker, Rootkit, rootkits, runtime environments, Samsung, security checks, Tools, Virtual, Virtual Machine, VM, VMware, War, Weapon, WiFi 1 Comment

Imagine being able to change the languages for the applications that a computer is running and taking control over it. That is exactly what managed code rootkits can do when they are placed within a computer. This new type of rootkit is hiding in a place that had previously been safe from this type of attack-the application level. Code reviews do not currently look for back doors in the virtual machine (VM) where this new rootkit would be injected. An invasion of this magnitude allows an attacker to steal information on the infected computer, provide false information, and disable security checks. Erez Metula shows the reader how these rootkits are developed and inserted and how this attack can change the managed code that a computer is running, whether that be JAVA, .NET, Android Dalvik or any other managed code. Management development scenarios, tools like ReFrameworker, and countermeasures are covered, making this book a one stop shop for this new attack vector.

Introduces the reader briefly to managed code environments and rootkits in general
Completely details a new type of rootkit hiding in the application level and demonstrates how a hacker can change language runtime implementation
Focuses on managed code including Java, .NET, Android Dalvik and reviews malware development scenarios

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May
16

By CyberWarrior

Power and Conflict in the Cyber Age (World Politics Review Special Reports)

Category: Books Tags: Battle, Battlefield, Conflict, Cyber, cyber age, Cyber Power, Cyberwar, Hack, Hacking, Politics, Power, rapid change, Reports, Review, Revolution, Special, Stuxnet, Twitter, Virus, War, world, world politics Leave a Comment

With Twitter revolutions, state-sponsored hacking and the Stuxnet virus driving rapid change in the cyber-age battlefield, this World Politics Review special report examines the state of cyber power through articles published in the past year.

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May
14

By CyberWarrior

The Cyber-Posture of the National Information Infrastructure (1998)

Category: Books Tags: analytic studies, Attack, computer based systems, coordination center, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber-Posture, Cyberwar, disruptions, Energy, energy supplies, Information Infrastructure, information security, nation, National, national information infrastructure, National Security, Private Sector, remedial action, resilience, security posture, Studies, Telecommunications, Vulnerability, War 1 Comment

This report discusses the vulnerability of the nation’s information infrastructure to external attacks and other kinds of disruptions. It assesses the extent of the data available for measuring this threat and concludes that energy supplies, telecommunications, and computer-based systems should be of first priority for attention and remedial action. Finally, it suggests steps to reduce national vulnerability. The information security posture in both government and the private sector needs immediate examination and attention. Analytic studies should be performed to establish such infrastructure features as sources of resilience and the characterization of normalcy, and to specify R&D requirements. In addition, the nation should establish a warning mechanism and a supporting coordination center.

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