Cyber Blockades

Authors

Alison Lawlor Russell, Merrimack CollegeFollow

Files

Book Title

Cyber Blockades

Department

Political Science

Description

Cyber Blockades is the first book to examine the phenomena of blockade operations in cyberspace, large-scale attacks on infrastructure or systems that aim to prevent an entire state from sending or receiving electronic data. The author defines and explains the emerging concept of "cyber blockades" and presents a unique comparison of blockade operations in five different domains -- on land, at sea, in the air, in space, and in cyberspace -- identifying common elements as well as important distinctions. Alison Lawlor Russell's framework for defining cyber blockades, understanding how they occur, and considering the motivations of actors who employ them is applied with in-depth analysis of the cyber attacks on Estonia in 2007 and on Georgia during the 2008 Georgia-Russia War. This book has significant implications for our understanding of cyber warfare and international law and is a must-read for cyber security policymakers and scholars and students of security studies, terrorism, substate groups, and the future of warfare.

ISBN

9781626161122

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Georgetown University Press

City

Washington DC

Keywords

Cyberterrorism, Computer security, Cyber security

Disciplines

Information Security | International Relations | Political Science

Recommended Citation

Russell, Alison Lawlor, "Cyber Blockades" (2014). Books and Monographs. 59.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/books/59