Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive : Assessing Cyber Conflict as an Intelligence Contest - Robert Chesney

Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive

Assessing Cyber Conflict as an Intelligence Contest

By: Robert Chesney (Editor, Contribution by), Max Smeets (Editor, Contribution by), Amy Zegart (Foreword by)

Hardcover | 1 May 2023

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A fresh perspective on statecraft in the cyber domain

The idea of "cyber war" has played a dominant role in both academic and popular discourse concerning the nature of statecraft in the cyber domain. However, this lens of war and its expectations for death and destruction may distort rather than help clarify the nature of cyber competition and conflict. Are cyber activities actually more like an intelligence contest, where both states and nonstate actors grapple for information advantage below the threshold of war?

In Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive, Robert Chesney and Max Smeets argue that reframing cyber competition as an intelligence contest will improve our ability to analyze and strategize about cyber events and policy. The contributors to this volume debate the logics and implications of this reframing. They examine this intelligence concept across several areas of cyber security policy and in different national contexts. Taken as a whole, the chapters give rise to a unique dialogue, illustrating areas of agreement and disagreement among leading experts and placing all of it in conversation with the larger fields of international relations and intelligence studies.

Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive is a must read because it offers a new way for scholars, practitioners, and students to understand statecraft in the cyber domain.

Industry Reviews
Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive: Assessing Cyber Conflict as an Intelligence Contest is a timely and essential contribution on the subject of cyber war as its contributors offer and identify a new way for scholars, practitioners, and students to understand statecraft in the cyber domain and in the rapidly evolving Cyber Era. * Midwest Book Review *
This book shows some of the best minds engaged in the analysis and practice of cyber operations grappling with the question of how to think about data and influence. * CHOICE connect *
The book benefits from a very robust introduction and includes a conclusion that effectively summarizes the diverse contributions-a rare quality in a collective volume published in the Anglosphere. * Etudes Francaises de Renseignement et de Cyber *
[R]obert Chesney and Max Smeets recalibrate our assumptions in building on the case against hyperbole in cybersecurity. What they offer is an edited volume of articles from some of the most important social scientists studying cyber operations and their relationship with international security. * Journal of Strategic Security *

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