Description
With The Decision to Attack, Aaron Franklin Brantly investigates how states decide to employ cyber in military and intelligence operations against other states and how rational those decisions are. In his examination, Brantly contextualizes broader cyber decision-making processes into a systematic expected utility-rational choice approach to provide a mathematical understanding of the use of cyber weapons at the state level.
Topics Discussed:
The Key Concepts of Cyber
The Motivation and Utility for Covert Action
Digital Power
Anonymity and Attribution in Cyberspace
Cyber and Conventional Operations: The Dynamics of Conflict
Defining the Role of Intelligence in Cyberspace
How actors decide to use cyber-a rational choice approach
Cognitive Processes and Decision-Making in Cyberspace
Finding meaning in the expected utility of international cyber conflict
About the Author
Aaron Franklin Brantly is an assistant professor and Cyber Policy Fellow at the United States Military Academy and has served as a senior program officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
Book Information
ISBN 9780820349206
Author Aaron Franklin Brantly
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint University of Georgia Press
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Weight(grams) 477g