Cyber Warfare: The New Battlefield What is Cyber Warfare? During the summer of 2010‚ the US and Israel bilaterally conducted an attack on Iran. It was not‚ however‚ a deadly air strike or a special operations task force‚ but a cyber attack. The file or‚ worm‚ was named Stuxnet and is known today as the first cyber attack led in partnership by the United States (Sanger; “Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power‚”). As the world has become more reliant on
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WASHINGTON — With critical decisions ahead on the war in Afghanistan‚ President Obama is about to receive an unusual opportunity to reshape the Pentagon’s leadership‚ naming a new defense secretary as well as several top generals and admirals in the next several months. It is a rare confluence of tenure calendars and personal calculations‚ coming midway through Mr. Obama’s first term and on the heels of an election that challenged his domestic policies. His choices could have lasting consequences
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et al‚ E-learning White Paper‚ Oct 2011.pdf. http://www.google.com 2. http://www.csciwww.etsu.edu/gotterbarn/artlp.htm 3. http://www.ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm 4. http://www.cs.virginia.edu/.../licensing. 5. http://www.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/cyberwarfare
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http://www.cybercrime.gov/EEAleghist.htm Edelman‚ W. J. (2011; 2011). The "benefit" of spying: Defining the boundaries of economic espionage under the economic espionage act of 1996 853266535?accountid=28180 . Accessed October 25‚ 2011. Goel‚ S. (2011). Cyberwarfare: Connecting the dots in cyber intelligence. Communications of the ACM‚ 54(8)‚ 132-140 Herbig‚ K.‚ L. (2008). Changes in espionage by americans: 1947-2007. No. 08-05). Monterey‚ CA: Defense Personnel Security Research Center Hopwood‚ W. S.‚ Sinason
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USERS who LACK the KNOWLEDGE of PROTECTING THEIR SYSTEMS “THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT CYBER SECURITY VULNERABILITY FACING IT MANAGERS TODAY” Bernadette R. Morrison UMUC‚ CSEC 610 Individual Assessment Dr. Sudesh Kannan March 31‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................
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“Securing a computer system has traditionally been a battle of wits: the penetrator tries to find the holes‚ and the designer tries to close them.” ~Gosser Warfare has always been a game of cat and mouse. As technology increases war has to adapt with it. Wars have evolved from a contest of strength to a show of potential. Previously wars were fought with large armies and whomever could most effectively utilize the most troops with better training won; now however‚ a single person with a nuclear bomb can destroy a city within seconds
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Libya‚ an oil-rich nation in North Africa‚ spent more than 40 years under the erratic leadership of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi before a revolt pushed him from power in August 2011 after a six-month struggle. On Oct. 20‚ Colonel Qaddafi was killed as fighters battling the vestiges of his fallen regime finally wrested control of his hometown of Surt. The country was formally declared liberated three days later by the provisional government‚ the Transitional National Council‚ setting in motion the process
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SCADA Security Project - Powergrid Communication Abstract As technology has changed over the years many applications have kept pace with the changes and huge improvements have been made‚ such as cell phones. The power grid however has not stayed current with what technology has to offer. Resolving the gap between the existing grid and the smart grid is an area of fervent research. Much of the success of the smart grid relies on new communication architecture to allow for smart metering‚ quality
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How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? Victoria Yuzova St.Petersburg State University 2013 Contents. Introduction. 3 1.What is authoritarianism? 3 2.What is Democracy? 4 3. Democratization. 5 3.1. Definition of democratization. 5 3.2. What can facilitate transition to democracy? 6 3.3. Historical cases 9 3.4. Views on democratization. 10 Conclusion. 12 Bibliography. 14 Introduction. Peaceful protests with
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CYBER ASPECTS OF ASYMMETRIC WARFARE “Keystroke is mightier than the sword” THEME The present age is witnessing the evolution and growth of a new form of warfare‚ consistent with the developments in the global geo-strategic environment‚ called ‘asymmetric’. Asymmetric warfare has been described as – strategy‚ tactics and tools a weaker adversary uses to offset a stronger adversary by attacking his vulnerabilities‚ using indirect approaches against his vital functions
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