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A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986 to 2012 Paperback – Illustrated, June 1, 2013

by Jason Healey (Editor), Karl Grindal (Editor)
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A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986-2012 is the first book of its kind- a comprehensive, accessible history of cyber conflict. A Fierce Domain reaches back to look at the major "wake-up calls," the major conflicts that have forced the realization that cyberspace is a harsh place where nations and others contest for superiority. The book identifies the key lessons for policymakers, and, most importantly, where these lessons greatly differ from popular myths common in military and political circles.
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"Conflict in cyberspace, as it turns out, is far more like conflict in the 'real' world than we've been told. If you're a diplomat, general, or elected official that cares about the implications of cyber warfare, be sure to read this book." President Toomas Ilves of Estonia

"I've often complained that ... the biggest impediment to effective cyber defense in the United States was our failure to settle on the 'big ideas'--those macro-thoughts of law, policy and doctrine that should guide our cyber behavior. A Fierce Domain takes a giant step to meet this need by carefully (and entertainingly) laying out where we have already been on this journey. It turns out that we have a cyber history, after all, a history we can now put to work to guide our thinking and our future actions."General Michael Hayden, Former NSA and CIA Director

"Don't think of A Fierce Domain as the first history book on cyber conflict, but as a practical guide to the policy questions that need to be answered to really address cyber security - not just in the U.S. but the world."Jeff Moss, Founder of Black Hat and DEFCON security conferences

"This is an important book. I have not seen anything this thorough about the history, and without history we are poorly equipped to understand the future. In addition, the cases well support the three main conclusions: change is gradual enough for us to learn from the past; we have spent too much attention on cyber attack rather than exploitation; and we should beware of the popular myths about 'cyber wars' that obscure clear thinking about policy."Joe Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School

Few of the conflicts in A Fierce Domain "is a household name, though from the gripping accounts in Mr Healey's book many readers will feel they all should be ... Mr Healey's main message is to urge policymakers to be less secretive and more humble. Too many past attacks remain classified. Officials continue to burble the same warnings and assurances as they did 20 years ago; the public is left in the dark." Review in The Economist, "Digital Doomsters," 29 June 2013

About the Author

Jason Healey is the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Atlantic Council, focusing on international cooperation, competition and conflict in cyberspace. He edited the first-ever history of cyber conflict, A Fierce Domain: Cyber Conflict, 1986 to 2012 and co-authored the book Cyber Security Policy Guidebook by Wiley. 

His ideas on cyber topics have been widely published in over a hundred articles and essays published by the Atlantic Council, National Research Council; academic journals such as from Brown and Georgetown Universities; the Aspen Strategy Group and other think tanks.  Jason is also a board member (and former executive director) of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association and lecturer in cyber policy at Georgetown University.

Jason has unique experience working issues of cyber conflict and security spanning fifteen years across the public and private sectors.  As Director for Cyber Infrastructure Protection at the White House from 2003 to 2005, he helped advise the President and coordinated US efforts to secure US cyberspace and critical infrastructure. He has worked twice for Goldman Sachs, first to anchor their team for responding to cyber attacks and later, as an executive director in Hong Kong to manage Asia-wide business continuity and create the bank's regional crisis management capabilities to respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, or terrorist attacks.  Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, his efforts as vice chairman of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center created bonds between the finance sector and government that remain strong today. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cyber Conflict Studies Association; Illustrated edition (June 1, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 356 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 098932740X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0989327404
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.74 x 9.21 inches
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Jason Healey is the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Atlantic Council, focusing on international cooperation, competition and conflict in cyberspace. He edited the first-ever history of cyber conflict, A Fierce Domain: Cyber Conflict, 1986 to 2012 and co-authored the book Cyber Security Policy Guidebook by Wiley.

His ideas on cyber topics have been widely published in over a hundred articles and essays published by the Atlantic Council, National Research Council; academic journals such as from Brown and Georgetown Universities; the Aspen Strategy Group and other think tanks. Jason is also a board member (and former executive director) of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association and lecturer in cyber policy at Georgetown University.

Jason has unique experience working issues of cyber conflict and security spanning fifteen years across the public and private sectors. As Director for Cyber Infrastructure Protection at the White House from 2003 to 2005, he helped advise the President and coordinated US efforts to secure US cyberspace and critical infrastructure. He has worked twice for Goldman Sachs, first to anchor their team for responding to cyber attacks and later, as an executive director in Hong Kong to manage Asia-wide business continuity and create the bank’s regional crisis management capabilities to respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, or terrorist attacks. Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, his efforts as vice chairman of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center created bonds between the finance sector and government that remain strong today.

Starting his career in the United States Air Force, Jason earned two Meritorious Service Medals for his early work in cyber operations at Headquarters Air Force at the Pentagon and as a plankholder (founding member) of the Joint Task Force – Computer Network Defense, the world’s first joint cyber warfighting unit. He has degrees from the United States Air Force Academy (Political Science), Johns Hopkins University (Liberal Arts) and James Madison University (Information Security).

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Tiny
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the first modern cyber histories
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020
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Haley, and the Atlantic Council, do an excellent job finding appropriate pieces to summarize cyberwar between roughly Moonlight Maze (1995) and the first 2008 APT trends. Right now, there are a lot of different documents claiming to be complete cyber histories. This is a good place to start.
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K7Caveman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on the transformation of the Cyber domain since ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2017
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Great book on the transformation of the Cyber domain since its roots. A Fierce Domain is different from other cyber books that claim it be uncharted territory or a new frontier that started in very recent years. This is no longer the case. I repeatedly paused to read other pieces of literature the book mentioned after it nudged my curiosity. Definitely a must read for students getting into the field and keep in their bookshelf or ebook folder/directory.
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Nakanaka
4.0 out of 5 stars This book unlike many on the subject (I'm looking at ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2014
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This book unlike many on the subject (I'm looking at you Richard Clarke...) dives deep into the actual history of conflict through and in cyberspace. While it is primarily from a US perspective it is valuable as a case archive for any scholar, prognosticator, or armchair cyber-strategist to ruminate over. My only misgiving is that the conclusion seems to fail to live up to the richness of the rest of the text largely focusing on issues such as attribution rather than the truly novel features of cyberspace.
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Bob Gourley
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading for all national security professionals
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2013
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This book is the most important book on cyber conflict available today. It is the only book on the market that dives deep into lessons learned from the most important episodes to date in cyber conflict. The author has lived through most of these battles and uses deep research and interviews to fill in the gaps.
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Triciatx
3.0 out of 5 stars Can't really say
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2013
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I actually bought this book for my husband and he is getting his masters and taking courses online. So I cannot really say what the book is like.
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Rex
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Much Needed Book
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2014
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Healey does something much needed in this domain and presents a brief history of cyber conflict over the last 25 years and traces some of the major policy and organizational changes that occured as a result of specific events and cyber attacks. A must read for any serious operater in cyber operations.
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F. Bee
2.0 out of 5 stars Much less than it could be...would benefit from editing
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2014
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I wanted to like this book but in the end I found it to be redundant, dated and a slow read. Most of the book consists of essays from others. Many of these are dated, poorly edited, and lack detailed research or citation. I know many of the events were classified at the time but there is more available today then what made it into this book. Even Cliff Stohl's essay about the Cuckoo's Egg hack doesn't compare with the page turning book of the same name. The author's own work has a few nuggets and anecdotes but overall it's wordier than it needs to be for the few original points being made.
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Kris Beasley
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of the history of cyber conflict
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2014
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Excellent overview of the history of cyber conflict. Well researched and well written--highly recommend it. I've used it as a textbook for the Strategic Cyber Operations course I teach for a Cybersecurity master's degree.
Kris Beasley, Colonel, USAF (Retired)
Adjunct Faculty for MS in Cybersecurity
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Fernando Medina
4.0 out of 5 stars An eye opener
Reviewed in Mexico on February 3, 2017
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This book is very good, it's about a subject gaining importance every day, and it truly gives you a place to start
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Salvador
5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful for policymakers
Reviewed in Spain on September 29, 2013
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Deep cyber-awareness for those who are directly involved in cyber issues. History teach us many lessons and essentialy we face the same problems.
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