Contents: Players, means and methods – The Superpowers – Cyberterrorism – Electronic Jihad – Industrial Espionage and theft of information – Cyber crime – Agression between hackers – Towards a new modus operandi? The Estonian and Georgian cyberwar experiences – The need for treaty in cyberspace – Future cyberthreats.
Roland Heickerö has a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden and is Associated Professor at the Swedish National Defence College (SNDC). His research examines different aspects of information warfare and cyber threats and their effects at security policy level as well as on social and technical systems levels. Between 2003 and 2012 he was Deputy Research Director at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) in charge of cyber defence research. He has also worked on the development of future mobile systems at different management positions in the telecom industry.
«The book is very informative and is a pleasure to read. It communicates well to its readers on the various aspects of information warfare and cyber threats, and their consequences. The discussions in the book are followed up by various examples and case studies, helping improve understanding on the issue highlighted. Given the dangers of cyber threats, I recommend this book as a must-read for any internet user, irrespective of background.» (Dinesh Sathyamoorthy, Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia)
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