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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819814403321

Autore

Brantly Aaron Franklin

Titolo

The decision to attack : military and intelligence cyber decision-making / / Aaron Franklin Brantly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Georgia : , : University of Georgia Press, , [2016]

ISBN

0-8203-4919-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Studies in security and international affairs

Disciplina

355.4/1

Soggetti

Cyberspace - Security measures - Government policy - United States

Offensive (Military science)

United States Military policy Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to cyber decision-making -- The key concepts of cyber -- The motivation and utility for covert action -- Digital power -- Anonymity and attribution in cyberspace -- Cyber and conventional operations: the dynamics of conflict -- Defining the role of intelligence in cyberspace -- How actors decide to use cyber--a rational choice approach -- Cognitive processes and decision-making in cyberspace -- Finding meaning in the expected utility of international cyber conflict -- Appendix A. Power score components and scores -- Appendix B. Modified Economist Intelligence Unit component values -- Appendix C. Affinity scores.

Sommario/riassunto

The debate over cyber technology has resulted in new considerations for national security operations. States find themselves in an increasingly interconnected world with a diverse threat spectrum and little understanding of how decisions are made within this amorphous domain.<BR><BR>With<i> The Decision to Attack</i>, Aaron Franklin Brantly investigates how states decide to employ cyber in military and intelligence operations against other states and how rational those decisions are. In his examination, Brantly contextualizes broader cyber decision-making processes into a systematic expected u