Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next Information Age

Harrison, Richard

ISBN 10: 1442272848 / ISBN 13: 9781442272842

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

About this Item

As Internet connectivity continues to spread, this book will offer readers greater awareness of the cyber threats of tomorrow-and serve to inform the policy debates about how to mitigate them. Editor(s): Harrison, Richard; Herr, Trey. Num Pages: 412 pages, 11 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JWK; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756. . 2016. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next Information Age
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442272848
• ISBN 13: 9781442272842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Growing dependence on cyberspace for commerce, communication, governance, and military operations has left society vulnerable to a multitude of security threats. Mitigating the inherent risks associated with the use of cyberspace poses a series of thorny public policy problems. In this volume, academics, practitioners from both private sector and government, along with former service members come together to highlight sixteen of the most pressing contemporary challenges in cybersecurity, and to offer recommendations for the future. As internet connectivity continues to spread, this book will offer readers greater awareness of the threats of tomorrow―and serve to inform public debate into the next information age.

Contributions by Adrienne Allen, Aaron Brantly, Lauren Boas Hayes, Jane Chong, Joshua Corman, Honorable Richard J. Danzig, Kat Dransfield, Ryan Ellis, Mailyn Fidler, Allan Friedman, Taylor Grossman, Richard M. Harrison , Trey Herr, Drew Herrick, Jonah F. Hill, Robert M. Lee, Herbert S. Lin, Anastasia Mark, Robert Morgus, Paul Ohm , Eric Ormes, Jason Rivera, Sasha Romanosky, Paul Rosenzweig , Matthew Russell, Nathaniel Tisa, Abraham Wagner, Rand Waltzman, David Weinstein, Heather West , and Beau Woods.

• Learn more at the book's website at http://www.cyberinsecuritybook.org

About the Author

Richard Harrison is the director of Operations and Defense Technology Programs at American Foreign Policy Council. His writings have appeared in Defense News, Jane’s Defence Weekly, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and the Washington Times.

Trey Herr is a fellow at the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School and a non-resident fellow with New Amerca’s Cybersecurity Initiative.