Walking Wounded: Inside the U.S. Cyberwar Machine

Forget everything you know about crime, war and espionage in cyberspace.Walking Wounded takes the layman to seasoned professional on an insider’s journey through the secret history, technologies, and strategies surrounding war and espionage in cyberspace. Walking Wounded is not another hacking book. It takes the reader behind the scenes and recounts the story of the Pentagon’s love affair with technology, and how this reliance makes them vulnerable to hackers. It explains how foreign intelligence services, criminals, and amateur hackers have compromised our sensitive systems for three decades, while our government hackers are running rampant through foreign information systems. And it explains how our national policies have made us all less secure.Walking Wounded gives the reader the tools to get beyond the hype, mythologies, and marketing and understand what President Obama called, “The most serious threat to out national security.”

Dr. Michael VanPutte is an award-winning expert on cyber warfare, and a decorated combat veteran. He began his career as an elite U.S. Army Airborne Ranger, and led troops in combat in Iraq. During his 26 years of government service he worked side-by-side with cyber experts, law enforcement officers, and intelligence officers. He has taught computer security and cyber warfare at military schools, conducted offensive and defensive cyberwarfare operations, and led cyber research programs at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He's a co-founder at Provatek LLC, which conducts research and development of advanced computer network operations.