Cyber Arms: Security in Cyberspace

This book discusses the emerging challenges of AI-powered cyber arms, their evolution, conflicts, and potential risks, with a focus on CBRNe and critical infrastructure. It provides an expert insight into the malicious and destructive use of cyber arms, AI, and robotics, highlights international efforts to regulate the cyber environment, and proposes solutions for information security and cyber defence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 238 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the emerging challenges posed by AI-powered cyber arms, which are increasingly being used in weapon systems and stockpiled in the global cyber arms race. Drawing from real-life events, it offers a thorough analysis of the cyber offensive and defensive landscape, exploring the evolution of cyber arms from harmless prank codes to potentially devastating weapons of mass destruction. It sheds light on the scale and intensity of cyber offensive conflicts, examines the emergence of cyber warfare mutations, raises concerns about the escalation of the cyber arms race, and warns about the potential misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for military purposes.

The book provides expert insights into the current and future malicious and destructive applications of evolved cyber arms, AI, and robotics, with a particular focus on the threats they pose to critical infrastructure and CBRNe. It highlights international efforts to regulate the cyber environment, examines the best practices of leading cyber powers, and offers recommendations for responsible state behavior. Additionally, the book proposes information security and cyber defense solutions and provides definitions for selected conflicting cyber terms.

The book explores the disruptive potential of cyber tools merging with military weapons from a technical, legal, ethical, and political perspective. It raises important questions about the responsible use of technology, the balance between security and freedom, and the implications of advancing cyber capabilities for global stability and peace. By providing a comprehensive examination of these complex issues, this book serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, military personnel, cybersecurity professionals, and anyone interested in understanding the evolving landscape of AI-powered cyber arms and their implications for the future.

Weight: 467g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367895853