Hacking the Bomb
Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons
$99.29
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2018
Summary
Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter’s ground-breaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons.
Hacking the Bomb provides the first ever comprehensive assessment of this worrying and little-understood strategic development, and it explains how myr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626165656 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1626165653 |
| Author: | Andrew Futter, Des Browne |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
A compelling analysis of how information systems associated with nuclear weapons might be vulnerable, what adversaries might do with such vulnerabilities and what all this might mean for strategic stability.
* Survival *In this outstanding survey, Andrew Futter explores how the ‘cyber challenge’ might interact with the nuclear enterprise in general, and nuclear deterrence in particular… . To his credit, Futter avoids the hyperbole often used to characterize the cyber threat. His two-level characterization of the cyber challenge (i.e., context and operations) also brings analytical clarity to a subject that lacks a common taxonomy.
* The Nonproliferation Review *Futter’s valuable book surveys the new dangers and also considers how states might deter cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. He stresses the importance of securing sensitive nuclear information and of keeping control systems as simple as possible and separating them from other networks.
* Foreign Affairs *Will resonate well with those interested in nuclear weapons and cyber threats alike. For all others, the content serves as a well-researched point of reference for the intersection of these two ever-present topics in the modern security landscape.
* Proceedings *This book is necessary, it is useful, it illustrates where the errors and the loop holes are. Will it actually save us from our selves? Who knows, but hopefully some of the more basic ways of doing so could perhaps be tightened up?
* Irish Tech News *Introduces an important puzzle at an extremely relevant time … has the potential to be a significant contribution to our limited understanding of the impact of cyber operations on nuclear stability.
* H-Diplo *Futter’s Hacking the Bomb is a must-read for any policymaker and defense theorist. The cyber domain touches everything, and defense professionals must integrate it into all policies.
* H-War *Futter’s book reminds us that the world needs norms, for cyber activities in general and for the nuclear-cyber relationship in particular.
* H-War *Andrew Futter
Andrew Futter is an associate professor in the School of History, Politics, and International Relations at the University of Leicester. He is the author of The Politics of Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy, the editor of The United Kingdom and the Future of Nuclear Weapons, and co-editor of Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs.
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