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Encyclopedia of Cyber Warfare (Hardcover)
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Encyclopedia of Cyber Warfare (Hardcover)
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This definitive reference resource on cyber warfare covers all
aspects of this headline topic, providing historical context of
cyber warfare and an examination its rapid development into a
potent technological weapon of the 21st century. Today, cyber
warfare affects everyone-from governments that need to protect
sensitive political and military information, to businesses small
and large that stand to collectively lose trillions of dollars each
year to cyber crime, to individuals whose privacy, assets, and
identities are subject to intrusion and theft. The problem is
monumental and growing exponentially. Encyclopedia of Cyber Warfare
provides a complete overview of cyber warfare, which has been used
with increasing frequency in recent years by such countries as
China, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Russia, and the United States.
Readers will gain an understanding of the origins and development
of cyber warfare and of how it has become a major strategic element
in warfare for countries throughout the world. The encyclopedia's
entries cover all of the most significant cyber attacks to date,
including the Stuxnet worm that successfully disabled centrifuges
in Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility; the attack on
Israel's internet infrastructure during its January 2009 military
offensive in the Gaza Strip; the worldwide "Red October" cyber
attack that stole information from embassies, research firms,
military installations, and nuclear and other energy
infrastructures; and cyber attacks on private corporations like
Sony. Provides comprehensive coverage of the major individuals,
organizations, impacts, and issues related to cyber warfare that
enables readers to better understanding of the impact of cyber
warfare on modern conflicts Includes a detailed chronology that
documents the evolution and use of cyber warfare over the past few
decades Supplies further readings and a lengthy bibliography that
offer a wealth of options to students conducting extensive research
on the subject
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