Ethics and Policies for Cyber Operations
A NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Initiative
Editors: Taddeo, Mariarosaria, Glorioso, Ludovica (Eds.)
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- Features contributions by world-leading philosophers, ethicists, policy-makers, and law and military experts
- Offers a comprehensive overview of the ethical, legal, and policy problems and of the different approaches and methods that can be used to solve them
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This book presents 12 essays that focus on the analysis of the problems prompted by cyber operations (COs). It clarifies and discusses the ethical and regulatory problems raised by the deployment of cyber capabilities by a state’s army to inflict disruption or damage to an adversary’s targets in or through cyberspace.
Written by world-leading philosophers, ethicists, policy-makers, and law and military experts, the essays cover such topics as the conceptual novelty of COs and the ethical problems that this engenders; the applicability of existing conceptual and regulatory frameworks to COs deployed in case of conflicts; the definition of deterrence strategies involving COs; and the analysis of models to foster cooperation in managing cyber crises.
Each essay is an invited contribution or a revised version of a paper originally presented at the workshop on Ethics and Policies for Cyber Warfare, organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in collaboration with the University of Oxford.
The volume endorses a multi-disciplinary approach, as such it offers a comprehensive overview of the ethical, legal, and policy problems posed by COs and of the different approaches and methods that can be used to solve them. It will appeal to a wide readership, including ethicists, philosophers, military experts, strategy planners, and law- and policy-makers.
- About the authors
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Ludovica Glorioso, is Captain (Cpt ITA A) of the Italian Army and a legal advisor to the Italian Armed Forces, currently working at the Security Force Assistance Centre in Cesano di Roma (Italy). Prior to her current position, she served as Legal Researcher at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD CCOE, 2012-2016), as legal advisor in NATO Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans and Afghanistan. She holds an MA in Law from University of Palermo (Italy), an LL.M in European and Transitional Law from The University of Trento (Italy) and she is admitted to the Italian bar. Her research and activities focus on International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, and International Law applied to cyber warfare.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Deterrence and the Ethics of Cyber Conflict
Pages 1-16
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Blind Justice? The Role of Distinction in Electronic Attacks
Pages 17-32
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Challenges of Civilian Distinction in Cyberwarfare
Pages 33-48
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Towards a Richer Account of Cyberharm: The Value of Self-Determination in the Context of Cyberwarfare
Pages 49-66
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Just Information Warfare
Pages 67-86
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Ethics and Policies for Cyber Operations
- Book Subtitle
- A NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Initiative
- Editors
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- Mariarosaria Taddeo
- Ludovica Glorioso
- Series Title
- Philosophical Studies Series
- Series Volume
- 124
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-45300-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-45300-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-45299-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83262-3
- Series ISSN
- 0921-8599
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 252
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
- Topics