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The technology controlling United States nuclear weapons predates
the Internet. Updating the technology for the digital era is
necessary, but it comes with the risk that anything digital can be
hacked. Moreover, using new systems for both nuclear and
non-nuclear operations will lead to levels of nuclear risk hardly
imagined before. This book is the first to confront these risks
comprehensively. With Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons, Herbert
Lin provides a clear-eyed breakdown of the cyber risks to the U.S.
nuclear enterprise. Featuring a series of scenarios that clarify
the intersection of cyber and nuclear risk, this book guides
readers through a little-understood element of the risk profile
that government decision-makers should be anticipating. What might
have happened if the Cuban Missile Crisis took place in the age of
Twitter, with unvetted information swirling around? What if an
adversary announced that malware had compromised nuclear systems,
clouding the confidence of nuclear decision-makers? Cyber Threats
and Nuclear Weapons, the first book to consider cyber risks across
the entire nuclear enterprise, concludes with crucial advice on how
government can manage the tensions between new nuclear capabilities
and increasing cyber risk. This is an invaluable handbook for those
ready to confront the unique challenges of cyber nuclear risk.
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Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting; Edited by Herbert Lin, …
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Discovery Miles 11 300
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Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a
means for improving their ability to more effectively conduct and
administer elections. At the same time, many information
technologists and activists have raised important concerns
regarding the security of such systems. Policy makers are caught in
the midst of a controversy with both political and technological
overtones. The public debate about electronic voting is
characterized by a great deal of emotion and rhetoric. Asking the
Right Questions About Electronic Voting describes the important
questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and
informed citizens should ask about the use of computers and
information technology in the electoral process?focusing the debate
on technical and policy issues that need resolving. The report
finds that while electronic voting systems have improved, federal
and state governments have not made the commitment necessary for
e-voting to be widely used in future elections. More funding,
research, and public education are required if e-voting is to
become viable. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1
The Electoral System 2 Public Confidence in Elections 3 Voting
Technologies 4 Technology Issues 5 Life-Cycle and Training Issues 6
The Broader Context of Electronic Voting 7 Findings and Conclusions
Appendix A Glossary Appendix B Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix C Contributors to the Study What Is CSTB?
"We are dropping cyber bombs. We have never done that before."-U.S.
Defense Department official. A new era of war fighting is emerging
for the U.S. military. Hi-tech weapons have given way to hi tech in
a number of instances recently: A computer virus is unleashed that
destroys centrifuges in Iran, slowing that country's attempt to
build a nuclear weapon. ISIS, which has made the internet the
backbone of its terror operations, finds its network-based command
and control systems are overwhelmed in a cyber attack. A number of
North Korean ballistic missiles fail on launch, reportedly because
their systems were compromised by a cyber campaign. Offensive cyber
operations like these have become important components of U.S.
defense strategy and their role will grow larger. But just what
offensive cyber weapons are and how they could be used remains
clouded by secrecy. This new volume by Amy Zegart and Herb Lin is a
groundbreaking discussion and exploration of cyber weapons with a
focus on their strategic dimensions. It brings together many of the
leading specialists in the field to provide new and incisive
analysis of what former CIA director Michael Hayden has called
"digital combat power" and how the United States should incorporate
that power into its national security strategy.
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