Articles on Cyber-Warfare from the Modern War Institute at West Point

&gt;&quot;Ignore the Human Factor at your peril&quot;<p>Indeed. Why bother with weapons (kinetic AND cyber) at all, when the both the spread and the pseudo-anonymous nature of online communication has left the thoughts, desires and opinions of the Western world wide open for study and manipulation.<p>I used to have strong opinions about the necessity for a fully free, open, anonymous, untracked, etc etc, internet. However, from a national security point of view, countries like Russia and China have it right. Why would you allow the above to happen to your citizens?

Just in the unlikely event of disarmament negotiations between cyber super powers in the future. You can count nukes and explosive power, but you can&#x27;t count cyber weapons.<p>A new deterrence doctrine,nobody knows what will happen.

Looks like the USMA has taken defensive action against all the HN visitors pummeling it&#x27;s website. (pages loading slowly, if at all)

Take a look at the institute&#x27;s list of fellows - some very interesting people!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mwi.usma.edu&#x2F;fellows&#x2F;max-brooks&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mwi.usma.edu&#x2F;fellows&#x2F;max-brooks&#x2F;</a>

It&#x27;s worrying how IT security is getting militarized because conventional conflicts are getting less (which is a good thing) and thus military staff might be getting bored&#x2F;lacking opportunities.

The biggest defense on a societal level is a pervasive use of MFA for all applications, a good patching policy and backups.