Strategic Cyber Deterrence

This book offers a systematic analysis of the various existing strategic cyber deterrence options and introduces active cyber defense as a technically capable and legally viable alternative strategy for the deterrence of cyber attacks. It examines the array of malicious actors operating in the domain and their methods of attack and motivations.

Scott Jasper, CAPT, USN (ret) is a Lecturer in the National Security Affairs Department at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

I. Thinking About Deterrence 1. Strategic Landscape 2. Cyber Attacks 3. Theoretical Foundations II. Traditional Deterrence Options 4. Deterrence by Retaliation 5. Deterrence by Denial 6. Deterrence by Entanglement III. A Strategic Alternative 7. Active Cyber Defense 8. Alternative Strategy Selection Appendix: National Strategy Agenda