Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks

From the Book: Preface This book provides a new look at information warfare strategies and how they could impact the operations and economic viability of private companies. The historical focus on information warfare has been from a military perspective. Although the military perspective toward information warfare has merit, it is based on a traditional perception of warfare as strategies and tactics that are designed to achieve military goals or protect military capabilities and the infrastructure of a militaryindustrial complex. I have gone beyond the traditional military view and presents a multidisciplinary analysis of information warfare that encompasses economics, politics, social behavior, and international relations and how these forces will influence the initiation and response to information warfare attacks. This book presents a new approach to analyzing information warfare strategies and provides an in-depth look at the potential impact of ten different types of information warfare. This book also examines tactics that will be employed during information warfare attacks and how private companies and government agencies can prepare to respond to attacks. In addition, the emergence of the information warrior is examined and how these warriors may impact national security and international political relationships. Finally, this book presents an analysis of how governments can better prepare for the potential of information warfare and evaluates the skill sets and personalities that will be required to police cyberspace in the future.