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Significant Cyber Events

ian — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

A list of significant cyber events since 2006.

Last modified on May 4, 2012.

Selected Bibliography for Cyber Security

dzheng — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

This list is a work in progress that we update regularly as new reports are found and/or published. If you have suggestions for additions, send them to techpolicy@csis.org.

Cross-Domain Deterrence and Credible Threats

dzheng — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The concept of deterrence rests on a series of assumptions about how potential opponents recognize, interpret and react to threats of retaliation. The fundamental assumption is that a correct interpretation by opponents will lead them to reject certain courses of action as too risky or too expensive.

Cyber War and Competition in the China - U.S. Relationship

dzheng — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

These are remarks delivered at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations on May 13, 2010.

A Note on the Laws of War in Cyberspace

dzheng — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

There is some disagreement as to whether we can apply the existing legal framework for warfare to cyber conflict or whether a new legal framework is needed. This debate conflates two separate issues: can the existing legal framework be applied to cyber conflict and is the existing framework adequate.

Google and China

ian — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

China is feeling on top of the world these days. Peoples Daily recently ran an article with the headline “Collective Decision-making Eclipses Rowdy Democracy.” It is not hard to guess to whom “rowdy democracy” refers. There is more to this than China’s own growth.

The Electrical Grid as a Target for Cyber Attack

dzheng — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The electrical power grid has gotten much attention in the last few yars as a potential target for cyber attack. This paper reviews the reasons why.

The Cyber War Has Not Begun

dzheng — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Expanded attention to cybersecurity is a good thing, but it seems that it is difficult to discuss this topic without exaggeration. We are not in a ‘cyber war’. War is the use of military force to attack another nation and damage or destroy its capability and will to resist. Cyber war would involve an effort by another nation or a politically motivated group to use

The "Korean" Cyber Attacks and Their Implications for Cyber Conflict

dzheng — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Topics discussed in the paper:

When does a cyber attack become an act of war?

Deterrence in cyberspace

Norms and thesholds

Political constraints on cyber attack

Non-state actors in cyberspace

Among the major points made by the paper:

Read My Tweet on Iran

jdunton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Technology creates new sources of power. Network technologies diffuse power. New networking technologies erode traditional means of political control and create new kinds of politics. The effect can be immediate—as when Falun Gong supporters used e-mail to organize simultaneous demonstrations across China.

Innovation and Cybersecurity Regulation

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The market has failed to secure cyberspace. A ten-year experiment in faith-based cybersecurity has proven this beyond question.

A new Federal approach to cybersecurity will fail if it does not elicit actions that the private sector will not otherwise perform.

Cyber Attacks Explained

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The small Baltic country of Estonia was the target of a series of cyber attacks in May 2007. These were "denial of service" attacks, where an attacker floods the target network with bogus messages, causing its servers (computers that serve as a hub in a network) to slow or shut down.

The Net Neutrality Punch-up

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Net neutrality as a phrase did not emerge in the popular media until late 2004 as it was popularized by then-FCC Chairman Michael Powell. The term implies that broadband providers should be required to be neutral between various uses and applications.

The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The Architecture of Control: Internet Surveillance in China"

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Computer Espionage, Titan Rain and China

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Aux Armes, Citoyens: Cyber Security and Regulation in the United States

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400

pre-print version of article in "Telecommunications Policy", Fall 2005

The Internet and Terrorism

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Terrorists take advantage of commercial networks for communications, finance, and transportation to act on a global rather than national or regional scale. These networks allow them to maintain a presence and to coordinate and mount operations that would have been beyond their capabilities before 1990. The Internet is one of these commercial networks.

Data Mining and Data Analysis for Counterterrorism

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500

Defeating terrorism requires a nimble intelligence apparatus that operates actively within the United States and makes use of advanced information technology. Data-mining and automated data-analysis techniques are powerful tools for intelligence and law enforcement officials fighting terrorism. But these tools also generate controversy and concern.

Cyber Security

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0400

This volume looks at the challenges of cyberspace in an interdependent world and at the need for new, cooperative modes of governance to build cyber security. Making networks and critical infrastructure secure requires competent domestic strategies.

Cyber Attacks: Missing in Action

Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0500

Assessing the Risks of Cyber Terrorism, Cyber War and Other Cyber Threats

Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0500

Broadband and Government Support: Bringing Home the Bacon

Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0400

Cyber-terrorism and Cybersecurity

Sun, 06 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0500

On Being a Diplomat in the Information Age

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0500

Scanning, Privacy, and 802.11 Facing up to Wireless Internet Monitoring

Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400

United States Begins Accommodation of European Internet Privacy Rules

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0400

Market Forces and Government Action In Securing Cyberspace

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0500