Bitskrieg: The New Challenge of Cyberwarfare

by John Arquilla

New technologies are changing how we protect our citizens and wage our wars. Among militaries, everything taken for granted about the ability to maneuver and fight is now undermined by vulnerability to “weapons of mass disruption”: cutting-edge computer worms, viruses, and invasive robot networks. At home, billions of household appliances and other “smart” items that form the Internet of Things risk being taken over, then added to the ranks of massive, malicious “zombie” armies. The age of Bitskrieg is here, bringing vexing threats that range from the business sector to the battlefield. In this new book, world-renowned cybersecurity expert John Arquilla looks unflinchingly at the challenges posed by cyberwarfare – which he argues have been neither met nor mastered. He offers fresh solutions for protecting against enemies that are often anonymous, unpredictable, and capable of projecting force and influence vastly disproportionate to their size, strength, or wealth. The changes called for require radical rethinking of military and security affairs, diplomacy, and even the routines of our daily lives.

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 14, 2021

Reviews

[Navneet Bhushan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being reading the author from 1990s onwards especially "in Athena's Camp ", the bitskrieg turned out to be little disappointing.

Battle or combat through bits besides the other aspects of cyberwar including disruptions and political warfare, left much to be described and explained.

Especially limiting the cyber arms control based on behavior aspect rather than structural aspect.

I am afraid the bitskrieg in my opinion and analysis will emerge to be much different and messy.

Overall some interesting points in the book and I recommend for people who want to get the way ahead.

I wish the author could have limited the personal contributions to the way he was at the forefront of cyber changes to very specific events and concepts rather than keeping it as defining way of the evolution of cyberwar.

Three out of five.. It could have got a four star rating had the focus could have been more on detailing the doctrine.

[Erika Teichert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good content, structure/editing is awful. Wish I could have restructured it so it flowed better.

[Printed Pages and Coffee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an incredibly thought provoking read, and I was pleased to have come to several of Arquilla’s conclusions during my own research. Thoroughly recommend.

[Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

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This quick and easy read is chocked full of information and concepts. I really liked how the author juxtaposed cyber operating techniques and traditional military theory.