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Cyber Warfare

Cyber Warfare

Ralph D. Berenger
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466603158|ISBN10: 1466603151|EISBN13: 9781466603165
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch088
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Berenger, Ralph D. "Cyber Warfare." Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 1074-1087. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch088

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Berenger, R. D. (2012). Cyber Warfare. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior (pp. 1074-1087). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch088

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Berenger, Ralph D. "Cyber Warfare." In Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, 1074-1087. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch088

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Abstract

This entry explores the difficulty of defining precisely cyber warfare, of determining the motives behind cyber attacks, and reviews the history of cyber warfare that extends back to the creation of cyberspace itself, while looking at future international research and policy implications. The introduction grapples with defining cyber warfare and its distinction from cyber war. It traces the etymology of the concept to the unlikely confluence of science fiction writers, 1960’s radicals, and current experts in the field, many of them former anti-establishment cyber warriors themselves. The next section synthesizes the literature and highly publicized examples of cyber warfare in recent years. The following segment reviews the responses of governments to cyber warfare, and finally, it looks at future implications for policymakers.

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