Table of Contents

Foreword by Gen. Keith Alexander, USA (Ret.)

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Analytical Framework

PART I. Cyber Operation

Chapter 2. Asymmetric Arsenal Tool

Chapter 3. Hybrid Warfare Element

Chapter 4. Information Warfare Component

PART II. Security Dynamics

Chapter 5. Rational State Behavior

Chapter 6. Unconvincing Responses

PART III. Defensive Solutions

Chapter 7. Current Security Measures

Chapter 8. Automated Cyber Defense

Chapter 9. Technical Offset Strategy

Conclusion

Index

About the Author

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"Timely, insightful, and will be valuable as people reflect on... an adversarial cyberspace future to come."

About the Author

Capt. Scott Jasper, US Navy (Ret.), is a senior lecturer in the National Security Affairs Department at the US Naval Postgraduate School. He is the author of Strategic Cyber Deterrence: The Active Cyber Defense Option and the editor of Conflict and Cooperation in the Global Commons (Georgetown University Press, 2012), Securing Freedom in the Global Commons, and Transforming Defense Capabilities: New Approaches for International Security. He earned his PhD from the University of Reading, UK.

Reviews

“This slender but powerful volume offers new ways of appreciating Russia’s role in the world today.”—Terrorism and Political Violence
*Terrorism and Political Violence*

“Jasper’s work is a thought-provoking and convincing read and is a wake-up call to revamp Russian deterrence strategies among Western institutions.”—Proceedings
*Proceedings*

As the specter of foreign interference casts a pall of uncertainty over the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Scott Jasper’s Russian Cyber Operations is timely, insightful, and will be valuable as people reflect on the year that was and an adversarial cyberspace future to come.
*Russian Review*

[Russian Cyber Operations] provides some solid empirical case studies of Russian cyber operations and their strategic context, as well as useful reviews of U.S. legal and strategic responses and their shortcomings...both general and specialist readers will find much sustenance within.
*H-Diplo*

Overall, Russian Cyber Operations: Coding the Boundaries of Conflict effectively combines and categorizes several previous strategic theories under a common cover...I did enjoy the work and will be adding Russian Cyber Operations to my own cyber policy reference list.
*Strategic Studies Quarterly*

Scott Jasper’s superb Russian Cyber Operations provides an appraisal of just what the Russians have done, what they may attempt, and how different socio-technical approaches employed by the U.S. and its allies can do to reverse activity that does not necessarily rise to the level of military hostilities.
*Journal of Strategic Studies*

With clear prose and insight, Jasper traces the history of Russian cyber aggression that maps on to a coherent, revanchist strategy directed by Russian president Vladimir Putin. The book is essential reading to understand SolarWinds' place in Russian grand strategic thought, and it offers much-needed solutions to contest guaranteed Russian cyber operations in the future.
*Journal of Advanced Military Studies*

Anyone interested in the issues of cyber warfare and cybersecurity policy would do well to understand the framework demonstrated in this book and would benefit from reading it.
*Journal of Advanced Military Studies*

Jasper sheds light into the ongoing challenges that western countries and the NATO alliance face when responding to Russia’s deployment of offensive cyber. In addition, the book offers detailed perspectives on the most prominent cases of Russian cyber attacks.
*International Affairs*