An Introduction to Cyber Analysis and Targeting

This book provides a comprehensive view of cyber operations, analysis, and targeting, including operational examples viewed through a lens of conceptual models available in current technical and policy literature. Readers will gain a better understanding of how the current cyber environment developed and how to describe it for future defense.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 318 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of cyber operations, analysis, and targeting, offering a rich perspective through a lens of conceptual models drawn from the latest technical and policy literature. By exploring operational examples, readers gain a deep understanding of the evolving cyber environment and its implications for future defense.

The author begins by presenting cyber analysis as a conceptual model, rooted in well-known operations that span from media to suspected critical infrastructure threats. This foundational framework serves as a framework for understanding the complexities of cyber operations.

Subsequently, the author treats cyber analysis as an analytical problem, employing a multi-faceted approach. Through subject matter interviews, case studies, and modeled examples, the reader is provided with a comprehensive framework for analyzing and addressing cyber challenges. Metrics are developed to measure the effectiveness of proposed courses of action, ensuring a realistic and practical approach.

This book stands as a pioneering resource, providing the first comprehensive coverage of cyber operations, analysis, and targeting. It seamlessly weaves together the diverse threads that comprise current cyber issues, encompassing information operations, confidentiality, integrity, and availability attacks. By adopting a graphical, model-based approach, the book presents a coherent and holistic depiction of the development of cyber operations policy and leverages frameworks. Moreover, it offers a valuable method for contextualizing and comprehending the intricacies of cyber operations, making it an essential tool for policymakers, military personnel, cybersecurity professionals, and scholars alike.

Weight: 510g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030885618
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022