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Assessing India’s Cyber Resilience: Institutional Stability Matters
December 7, 2015 — A strategic cyberwar is a major conflict relying on heavy utilization of digital means, a form of conflict that we have not yet seen but that is likely to be a potential threat a few decades into the future. Even if technological breakthroughs, adaptations and software development are accelerating at an increasingly high rate, the delay is not a... MORE

Cyber Aptitude Assessment: Finding the Next Generation of Enlisted Cyber Soldiers
November 16, 2015 — As noted in the 2013 DoD Cyberspace Workforce Strategy, not all cyberspace personnel will have a STEM background, but instead will come from a broad variety of backgrounds. The problem is trying to find personnel having the knowledge and aptitude for cyberspace operations. There are many instruments available to measure knowledge, but there few... MORE

It is Time for the U.S. Military to Innovate Like Insurgents
October 28, 2015 — "Amidst the sea of defense contractors at this year’s AUSA expo, we — three young new players in this market — stood. We weren’t vendors, contractors or legislators, but rather active-duty Army captains, all members of the new cyber branch assigned to the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, the Army’s agent for change in cyberspace operations... MORE

As more devices go online, hackers hunt for vulnerabilities
October 24, 2015 — "The hack was simple. Terry Dunlap tapped out a few commands on his laptop and within seconds a message popped on the screen: "Done!" With a few more keystrokes, he could see what the security camera could see and swivel it at will.The demonstration by Columbia-based Tactical Network Solutions illustrates an increasingly widespread problem: A... MORE

The Army built a Wi-Fi "gun" that shoots drones from the sky
October 19, 2015 — "Looks like the U.S. armed forces have a few makers in their barracks who love playing with Raspberry Pis and soldering guns. The Army Cyber Institute at West Point has shown off a device the size of a rifle that can shoot a Parrot AR Quadcopter down from the sky by using an exploit created to hijack those particular drones." MORE

Strategic Cyber Maneuver
October 17, 2015 — Maneuver warfare is an integral part of the strategy, tactics and operations of the United States military, but what does it mean to maneuver in cyberspace? Maneuver warfare dates back millennia and yet the fundamental goal of maneuver, to provide military advantage in tactical situations, has not changed. There are concrete and identifiable... MORE

This Tactical Cyber Rifle Is a Glimpse Into the Future of High-Tech Warfare
October 15, 2015 — "We've seen big, bulky Anti-UAV Defense Systems radio-jamming drones out of the sky before, but it looks like the Army also has a much smaller version on its hands. At this year's Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition (AUSA 2015), the Army Cyber Institute at West Point was demoing a rifle-sized device that can do the... MORE

Strategic Cyberwar Theory - A Foundation for Designing Decisive Strategic Cyber Operations
October 10, 2015 — Each strategy has a foundation—an overarching way of explaining why things are the way we see them and how to successfully reach our goals. Therefore, strategy is theory-based because theory provides an intellectual framework for predicting outcomes leading to the end goal the strategy pursues. This article will present the strategic cyberwar... MORE

Cyber Education: A Multi-Level, Multi-Discipline Approach
October 1, 2015 — The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the emerging dialogue on the direction, content, and techniques involved in cyber education. The principle contributions of this work include a discussion on the definition of cyber and then a description of a multi-level, multi-discipline approach to cyber education with the goal of providing all... MORE

Aesop’s wolves: the deceptive appearance of espionage and attacks in cyberspace
September 15, 2015 — Appearances in cyberspace are deceptive and problematic. Deception in the cyber domain poses an immensely difficult challenge for states to differentiate between espionage activities in cyberspace and cyber attacks. The inability to distinguish between cyber activities places US cyber infrastructure in a perilous position and increases the... MORE