Securing Cyberspace

by Burns, Nicholas; Price, Jonathon; Nye, Joseph S.; Scowcroft, Brent

• ISBN13: 9780898435627
• ISBN10: 0898435625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-12
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

The Aspen Policy Books present innovative thinking on America's most pressing national security challenges. Securing Cyberspace: A New Domain for National Securityis a collection of papers commissioned for the 2011 Aspen Strategy Group workshop, a bipartisan meeting of top national security experts. The papers examine the complexities of the emerging cyber threat, as well as the possibilities --and inherent challenges --of crafting effective domestic and international cyber policy. Authors explore topics such as the economic impact of cybercrime, cyber as a new dimension of warfare, the revolutionary potential of Internet freedom, and the future realities the United States will face in the new age of heightened Internet connectivity.

Table of Contents

Foreword by ASG Co-Chairmen	p. 11
Preface by ASG Director	p. 15
Cyberwars & Cyberterror: Understanding Cyberspace as a New Battleground
The Third Annual Ernest May Memorial Lecture: Nuclear Lessons for Cybersecurity?	p. 21
U.S. Cybersecurity: The Current Threat and Future Challenges	p. 43
Resilience, Disruption, and a "Cyber Westphalia": Options for National Security in a Cybered Conflict World	p. 59
Cyber Policy: Regulating Cyberspace
Eight Questions and Answers on U.S. Cyber Statecraft	p. 97
Harnessing Leviathan: Internet Governance and Cybersecurity	p. 113
Cybercrime: Implications for Business and the Economy
The Cybersecurity Threat to U.S. Growth and Prosperity	p. 129
Falling Prey to Cybercrime: Implications for Business and the Economy	p. 145
Cybersecurity and its Tensions with Internet Freedom
Internet Freedom and its Tensions with Cybersecurity	p. 161
Internet Freedom and Political Change	p. 175
Cyberspace: New Policies and a New Strategy
A Path Forward for Cyber Defense and Security	p. 193
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