âIn our digital age, the issues of cybersecurity are no longer just for the technology crowd; they matter to us all. Whether you work in business or politics, the military or the mediaâor are simply an ordinary citizenâthis is an essential read.â
âEric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google
âThis is the most approachable and readable book ever written on the cyber world. The authors have distilled the key facts and policy, provided sensible recommendations, and opened the debate generally to any informed citizen: a singular achievement. A must read for practitioners and scholars alike.â
âAdmiral James Stavridis, US Navy (Ret), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
âIn confronting the cybersecurity problem, itâs important for all of us to become knowledgeable and involved. This book makes that possibleâand also fascinating. Itâs everything you need to know about cybersecurity, wonderfully presented in a clear and smart way.â
âWalter Isaacson, author of
Steve Jobs
âIf you read only one book about âall this cyberstuff,â make it this one. Singer and Friedman know how to make even the most complicated material accessible and even entertaining, while at the same time making a powerful case for why
all
of us need to know more and think harder about the (cyber)world we know live in.â
âAnne-Marie Slaughter, President, the New America Foundation
âSinger and Friedman blend a wonderfully easy to follow FAQ format with engaging prose, weaving explanations of the elements of cybersecurity with revealing anecdotes. From the fundamentals of Internet architecture to the topical intrigue of recent security leaks, this book provides an accessible and enjoyable analysis of the current cybersecurity landscape and what it could look like in the future.â
âJonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and author of
The Future of the InternetâAnd How to Stop It
âSinger and Friedman do a highly credible job of documenting the present and likely future risky state of cyber-affairs. This is a clarion call.â
âVint Cerf, âFather of the Internet,â Presidential Medal of Freedom winner
âI loved this book. Wow. Until I read this astonishing and important book, I didnât know how much I didnât know about the hidden world of cybersecurity and cyberwar. Singer and Friedman make comprehensible an impossibly complex subject, and expose the frightening truth of just how vulnerable we are. Understanding these often-invisible threats to our personal and national security is a necessary first step toward defending ourselves against them. This is an essential read.â
âHoward Gordon, Executive Producer of
24
and co-creator of
Homeland
CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERWAR
WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ®
P. W. SINGER AND
ALLAN FRIEDMAN
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
It furthers the Universityâs objective of excellence in research, scholarship,
and education by publishing worldwide.
Oxford New York
Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi
Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi
New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto
With offices in
Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece
Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore
South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam
Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press
in the UK and certain other countries.
âWhat Everyone Needs to Knowâ is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.
Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press
198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
© P. W. Singer and Allan Friedman 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior