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Cybertactics, leading the digital war is one of the very few French books dealing with cyberspace combat. Written by a French military officer, the book tackles the issue of cyber
operations within military actions using a multidisciplinary approach mixing history, legal aspects, technics, strategy and geopolitics.
The book was
awarded by the French Minister of Defence during the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC
2014).
Cyberwar may not take place (as Thomas Rid said in his book), but no future conflict will be without a cyber component. With this as a starting point, the author continues his study of conflicts in cyberspace (he wrote his first book last year : Cyberstrategy, the art of digital war).
Considering operation Olympic Games, the various programmes to monitor electronic communications (PRISM) or the massive espionage campaigns attributed to China, no future decision maker can ignore this topic. Thus an assessment of its impact in the conduct of world affairs seems necessary. This book is, therefore, divided into three parts, making the link between e-strategy and tactics (Part I), leading us to cyberspace operations (Part II) , and then examines the impact of cyberspace on various operational functions (Part III). The author also explores the concept of digital insurrection and puts recent developments of offensive tools into perspective.
As a useful handbook for the decision-maker facing digital conflicts, this book lays the foundation of tactics adapted to cyberspace. Its multidisciplinary approach combining geopolitical, technical, tactical and history, strengthens the newly born French cyberstrategy.
Table of Contents
Foreword ........... 5
Introduction
........... 11
Part I - Cyberstrategy and Tactics ........... 19
Chapter1 - Cyberspace myths and representations ....... 21
The word
and the idea ... 23
Geopolitics
of cyberspace? ... 26
Chapter 2 -
General Tactics theoretical background ....... 37
The
three levels of military action ... 38
From the
classical model to the digital age ... 46
Tactical
basis and connection with Technics ... 54
Chapter 3 -
Strategic principles and their consequences ....... 61
Freedom of action and initiative as a consequence ...
63
Concentration
of effort or concentration of "forces" ? ... 66
The
economy of means ... 68
Is
attribution difficult and imputation impossible? ... 72
Strategic
deterrence and tactical consequences ... 77
Part II - Operations in cyberspace ........... 81
Chapter 1 - Concepts and doctrines of tactics in cyberspace ....... 83
Physical
layer : sovereignty issues ... 94
The
logic layer : the reign of code ... 101
Cognitive
layer : information, misinformation , deception ... 106
Digital
combat and urban warfare ... 113
Chapter 2 - The
offensive model ....... 119
Chapter 3 - The
defensive battle ....... 135
Chapter 4 –
Insurgency and counter-insurgency in cyberspace ....... 149
Chapter 5 -
Tools and weapons of cyberspace operations ....... 167
Part III - The Challenges of Cyber War
........... 181
Chapter 1 – Decide and command ....... 183
Chapter 2 - The
decision-making process ....... 193
Chapter 3 -
Intelligence and cyberspace ....... 209
Conclusion ........... 223
Glossary
........... 227
Annex 1
........... 241
Appendix
2 ........... 245
Acronyms
........... 251
Bibliography
& sources ........... 253
Acknowledgements
........... 259
Table of
Contents ........... 261
Where can
I find it ?
If you
live outside France, you can order online following one of
these links:
Amazon:
Other
online shop:
You can also try on the editor's website : Nuvis ……. by the
way it's in French :-)
Want to read it in english? let me know and post a comment !
