Conquest in Cyberspace

Martin C. Libicki, a Senior Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation since 1998, works on the relationship between information technology and national security. He has written numerous monographs on the subject, notably What is Information Warfare, The Mesh and the Net: Speculations on Armed Conflict in a Time of Free Silicon, and Who Runs What in the Global Information Grid. Dr Libicki is also the editor of the RAND Textbook, New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking. His most recent assignments at RAND have been to develop a post-9/11 information technology strategy for the U.S. Department of Justice and DARPA's Terrorist Information Awareness program, conduct an information security analysis for the FBI, investigate targeting strategies of al Queda, and assess CIA's R&D venture, In-Q-Tel. He previously taught at the National Defense University. Dr Libicki received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978.

"Libicki recognizes the grand problem in discourse on the topic of cyberwarfare: the incredible breadth of topical space....Conquest in Cyberspace is an admirable work. It covers much territory and serves the important role of provoking thought and redirecting inquiry. By crossing disciplinary boundaries, Martin Libicki has enriched our understanding of the relationship between information technology and international politics." Chris Bronk, Journal of Information Technology & Politics

• 1. Introduction; 2. Hostile conquest as information warfare; 3. Information warfare as noise; 4. Information warfare against defense systems; 5. Information warfare against command and control; 6. Friendly conquest in cyberspace; 7. Friendly conquest using global systems; 8. Retail conquest in cyberspace; 9. From intimacy, vulnerability; 10. Talking conquest in cyberspace; 11. Managing conquest in cyberspace; Appendix. Why cyberspace is likely to gain consequence.