Cyber Warfare and Navies, an edited collection, takes a penetrating
look into the threats that cyber warfare poses to operations in the
maritime environment and the means of defending against cyberattack.
As with all elements of the digital age, navies and commercial
maritime operations around the world have become increasingly
vulnerable to cyber conflict. Navies are obvious targets of hostile
national and nonstate cyber actions. Almost every aspect of commercial
maritime activities has become digitized and interconnected and thus
vulnerable to cyber intrusions, sabotage, viruses, and destruction. In
an era when 85 percent of global trade and 70 percent of all liquid
fuels travel by sea, cyber effects on ships, port-handling equipment,
shipping companies, maritime suppliers, and other maritime industries
can cripple manufacturing industries and retail businesses on a global
basis. Neither navies nor commercial shipping can “sail away” from
cyber threats. Initially, naval leaders had difficulty accepting and
preparing for cyber warfare, which is largely viewed as a problem on
land and from which ships were perceived as disconnected. As a
consequence, effectively integrating cyber operations into its naval
warfighting planning has proven challenging not only for the U.S.
Navy, but for allied and adversary navies as well. The U.S. Navy
created Fleet Cyber Command (FCC), with the U.S. Navy’s Tenth Fleet
as its cyber operational arm and the Navy’s component contributing
to U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). However, thus far those efforts
appear not to have served the Navy or USCYBERCOM as well as
anticipated. Cyber Warfare and Navies outlines the various threats
that cyber warfare poses to naval and commercial maritime operations
as well as the abilities of modern navies to defend against those
threats. It explains how navies are organized and equipped for cyber
operations and the concepts and doctrine adopted by those navies—and
provides recommendations on how to improve maritime cyber operations.
The book covers not just the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S
Coast Guard, but also the navies of allies, opponents (China, Russia),
and others. The book also explores the relationship between the U.S.
Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and USCYBERCOM.
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Digital Conflict in the Maritime Domain
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781682476079
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Naval Institute Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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