| ISBN13: | 9783658256517 |
| ISBN10: | 3658256516 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 424 pages |
| Size: | 240x168 mm |
| Weight: | 755 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 1 Illustrations, black & white |
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Information Technology for Peace and Security
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Technological and scientific advances, especially the rapid evolution of information technology (IT), play a crucial role regarding questions of peace and security. This textbook addresses the significance and potential of IT, as well as the challenges it poses, with regard to peace and security. It begins with an introduction to peace, conflict, and security research, especially focusing on natural science, technical and computer science perspectives. In the following sections, it sheds light on cyber conflicts, war and peace, cyber arms control, cyber attribution and infrastructures, as well as culture and interaction, before offering an outlook on the future.
Content?Introduction to Natural-Science/Technical Peace Research and IT Perspectives of Peace, Conflict, and Security Research?Cyber War, Espionage, Defence, Darknets, Critical Infrastructures, Cultural Violence?Cyber Peace, Dual-Use, Confidence and Security Building Measures, Arms Control, Unmanned Systems, Verification, Attribution
Target Audience?Textbook for students of Computer Science, IT Security, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Political Science?Handbook for scientists, IT developers, and political advisors
The Editor
Christian Reuter, Ph.D., is a Professor of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) at the Department of Computer Science, with a secondary appointment at the Department History and Social Sciences, Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt. He has authored more than 150 publications on interactive and collaborative technologies in the context of crises, security, safety, and peace.
The Editor
Christian Reuter, Ph.D., is a Professor of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) at the Department of Computer Science, with a secondary appointment at the Department History and Social Sciences, Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt. He has authored more than 150 publications on interactive and collaborative technologies in the context of crises, security, safety, and peace.This book offers an introduction to Information Technology with regard to peace, conflict, and security research, a topic that it approaches from natural science, technical and computer science perspectives. Following an initial review of the fundamental roles of IT in connection with peace, conflict and security, the contributing authors address the rise of cyber conflicts via information warfare, cyber espionage, cyber defence and Darknets. The book subsequently explores recent examples of cyber warfare, including:
?The Stuxnet attack on Iran?s uranium refining capability
?The hacking of the German Federal Parliament?s internal communication system
?The Wannacry malware campaign, which used software stolen from a US security agency to launch ransomware attacks worldwide
Information Technology for Peace and Security breaks new ground in a largely unexplored field of study, and offers a valuable asset for a broad readership including students, educators and working professionals in computer science, IT security, peace and conflict studies, and political science.
?Should you buy this book as a textbook ? definitely. Should you buy it to read through or dip into if you are not learning about IT ? definitely. This is a fast-developing area of knowledge with significant implications for peace and armed conflict ? we can?t all be experts, but we all need to understand as far as possible what needs to be done.? (Marion Birch, Medicine, Conflict and Survival, March 24, 2020)
Introduction and Fundamentals.- Cyber Conflicts and War.- Cyber Peace.- Cyber Arms Control.- Cyber Attribution and Infrastructures.- Culture and Interaction.- Outlook.
