Age of deception : cybersecurity as secret statecraft /

Lindsay, Jon R.

Age of deception : cybersecurity as secret statecraft / Jon R. Lindsay. - 309 pages - Cornell studies in security affairs .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Intelligence Now -- Defining Secret Statecraft -- A Theory of Intelligence Performance -- Security in Cyberspace -- Espionage : Bletchley Park and the Mechanization of Intelligence -- Sabotage : Stuxnet Reinterpreted as Secret Diplomacy -- Subversion : The 2016 U.S. Election and the Demand for Disinformation -- Cyber Power : China and the Contradictions of Cybersecurity -- Conclusion : Good News and Bad News about Cyber Warfare.

"Cybersecurity is less like warfare and more like intelligence. Intelligence is a form of conflict that exploits cooperation, and cyber conflict is a form of intelligence that exploits large-scale cooperation in cyberspace. This book thus develops a general theory of secret statecraft and intelligence performance to explain modern cyber campaigns"-- Provided by publisher.

9781501783210 9781501783470

2025004266


Internet and international relations
Technology and international relations
Computer security--Political aspects
Cyberspace--Security measures
Cyber intelligence (Computer security)
Intelligence service--Technological innovations
Deception--Political aspects


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