Introduction to Cyber-Warfare

Conclusion and the Future of Cyber Warfare

This book explored many of the major incidents of cyber warfare over the past decade. Prior to the year 2000, cyber warfare was theorized about, but there was little indication (at least in the public discourse) that it actually occurred. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, detractors even claimed cyber warfare would never amount to a serious threat. Since then, incidents such as the Russia-Georgia war of 2008, the theft of UAV video feeds publicized in 2009, the accounts of Stuxnet in 2010, and Anonymous’ support of the Arab Spring in 2011 seem to have shifted the debate on cyber warfare from “Is cyber war important?” to “What should we do about cyber war?” One thing we learned while writing this ...