Dr. Strangeweb: Or how they stopped worrying and learned to love cyber war

Abstract

Chapter Overview: This chapter argues that there are many parallels between discussions of cyber terrorism and cyber war on the one hand, and discussions of terrorism and state terrorism on the other. The chapter begins by tracing these parallels. Next, the chapter explores the development of cyber war capabilities by the major powers and others and focuses on the changes in United States cyber war doctrine. It concludes by considering the consequences of these increasing capabilities and doctrinal decisions, arguing that it is only by convention that these state behaviors are labeled as cyber war rather than cyber terror.