Myths and realities of cyber warfare : conflict in the digital realm / Nicholas Michael Sambaluk ; foreword by Eugene H. Spafford.| [Gale electronic resource]
1. War's character and nature, and the Stuxnet Trap -- 2. Temporal mythologies of cyberwar -- 3. Mythologies of cyberwar effects -- 4. The attribution paradox and organizations' impact on cyberwar -- 5. Form and function of social media -- 6. Unpacking the mythologies of social media -- 7. Data as a battlespace -- 8. A postermodern or a premodern future?
Summary
This book discusses numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve blame for not defending adequately against attacks. Topics include the role of social media, and how trends in computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs.