Optimizing Cyberdeterrence: A Comprehensive Strategy for Preventing Foreign Cyberattacks - Softcover

Mandel, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626164134 ISBN 13: 9781626164130

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Cyberattacks are one of the greatest fears for both governments and the private sector. The attacks come without warning and can be extremely costly and embarrassing. Robert Mandel offers a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors. Cyberdeterrence must be different from conventional military or nuclear deterrence, which are mainly based on dissuading an attack by forcing the aggressor to face unacceptable costs. In the cyber realm, where attributing a specific attack to a specific actor is extremely difficult, conventional deterrence principles are not enough. Mandel says that cyberdeterrence must alter a potential attacker's decision calculus by not only raising costs for the attacker but also by limiting the prospects for gain. Cyberdeterrence must also involve public-private partnerships, cross-domain responses must be considered, not just retaliation in kind. The book includes twelve twenty-first century cyberattack case studies in order to draw insights into cyberdeterrence and determine the conditions under which it works most effectively. Mandel concludes by making recommendations for implementing cyberdeterrence and integrating it into broader national security policy.

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About the Author

Robert Mandel is Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College and is the author of twelve previous books including Coercing Compliance: State-Initiated Brute Force in Today's World.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626164134
• ISBN 13: 9781626164130
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302