Hacker and the State - Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics

The threat of cyberwar can feel very Hollywood: nuclear codes hacked, power plants melting down, cities burning. In reality, state-sponsored hacking is covert, insidious, and constant. It is also much harder to prevent. Ben Buchanan reveals the cyberwar that's already here, reshaping the global contest for geopolitical advantage.

About the author

Ben Buchanan teaches at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology. He is the author of The Cybersecurity Dilemma and a regular contributor to the websites Lawfare and War on the Rocks. He was previously a fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Summary

The threat of cyberwar can feel very Hollywood: nuclear codes hacked, power plants melting down, cities burning. In reality, state-sponsored hacking is covert, insidious, and constant. It is also much harder to prevent. Ben Buchanan reveals the cyberwar that’s already here, reshaping the global contest for geopolitical advantage.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Buchanan, Buchanan Ben
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780674987555
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98755-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Travel > Travel guides; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Political science & theory, Espionage & secret services, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Espionage and secret services, Human rights, civil rights