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Technology, policy, law, and ethics regarding U.S. acquisition and use of cyberattack capabilities /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Offensive Information Warfare, National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Other Authors: Owens, William A., 1940-, Dam, Kenneth W., Lin, Herbert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Information warfare > United States.
Cyberterrorism > United States > Prevention.
Computer networks > Security measures > United States.
Cyberspace > Security measures > United States.
Computer networks > Security measures > Government policy > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview, findings, and recommendations
  • Technical and operational considerations in cyberattack and cyberexploitation
  • A military perspective on cyberattack
  • An intelligence community perspective on cyberattack and cyberexploitation
  • Perspectives on cyberattack outside national security
  • Decision making and oversight
  • Legal and ethical perspectives on cyberattack
  • Insights from related areas
  • Speculations on the dynamics of cyberconflict
  • Alternative futures.