Damien Van Puyvelde - Cybersecurity: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace

Damien Van Puyvelde

Aaron F. Brantly

Polity

Copyright Damien Van Puyvelde, Aaron F. Brantly 2019

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First published in 2019 by Polity Press

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2809-7

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Names: Van Puyvelde, Damien, author. | Brantly, Aaron Franklin, author.

Title: Cybersecurity : politics, governance and conflict in cyberspace / Damien Van Puyvelde, Aaron Brantly.

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018056638 (print) | LCCN 2018056905 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509528134 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509528097 | ISBN 9781509528103 (pb)

Subjects: LCSH: Internet--Security measures--Government policy. | Computer security--Government policy. | Internet governance. | Internet--Political aspects. | Computer crimes--Prevention. | Security, International.

Classification: LCC TK5105.59 (ebook) | LCC TK5105.59 .V358 2019 (print) | DDC 005.8--dc23

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ENIAC, c.1946

ARPANET in December 1969 and July 1977

Internet users since 1990

The growth of significant cyber incidents, 20062017

Geographic spread of significant cyber incidents by continent, 20062017

The electromagnetic spectrum

Packet-switched v. circuit-switched networks

OSI and DoD models compared

Heartbleed logo

Polymorphic malware sample

Phishing email example

Logo of the Tech of the Islamic State

A dark net weapons market

Major Internet governance entities

Malware types

Malware features

The Cyber Kill Chain

Kinetic v. cyber capabilities

The ENIAC

The spade-hacker

Net neutrality

Russian interferences: Hit and miss

Cybotage: From Stuxnet to Operation Olympic Games

Ukrainian blackouts

Leveraging cyberattacks: The Russo-Georgian war of 2008

The ISIS hackers

The greatest transfer of wealth in human history

The global surveillance disclosures of 2013

The EuroMaidan movement

GhostNet

The AppleFBI debate over digital privacy

Aaron would like to dedicate this book to his three sons, Andrew, Oliver and Daniel, who patiently waited for him to play or read books to them while he worked on various sections of it. Damien dedicates this book to his wife Ana. He would also like to thank Liam Mcvay for his helpful comments on several chapters.

We would both like to thank Louise Knight who encouraged us to write this book and who, together with Nekane Tanaka Galdos and Sophie Wright, provided valuable assistance throughout its preparation.

We hope this book inspires future cybersecurity scholars and practitioners in their efforts to address the many challenges ahead.