The book "Australia and Cyber-warfare" is very useful for putting the new Australian Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) into perspective. The section on "China’s cyber-attack capability" is relevant to Google's recent allegations of attacks from China.There are very well formatted free web and mobile versions of the book available online, as well as a print on demand edition.
Australia and Cyber-warfare
Gary Waters, Desmond Ball and Ian Dudgeon
Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 168
ISBN 9781921313790 (Print version) $19.95 (GST inclusive)
ISBN 9781921313806 (Online)
Published July 2008This book explores Australia’s prospective cyber-warfare requirements and challenges. It describes the current state of planning and thinking within the Australian Defence Force with respect to Network Centric Warfare, and discusses the vulnerabilities that accompany the use by Defence of the National Information Infrastructure (NII), as well as Defence’s responsibility for the protection of the NII. It notes the multitude of agencies concerned in various ways with information security, and argues that mechanisms are required to enhance coordination between them. It also argues that Australia has been laggard with respect to the development of offensive cyber-warfare plans and capabilities. Finally, it proposes the establishment of an Australian Cyber-warfare Centre responsible for the planning and conduct of both the defensive and offensive dimensions of cyber-warfare, for developing doctrine and operational concepts, and for identifying new capability requirements. It argues that the matter is urgent in order to ensure that Australia will have the necessary capabilities for conducting technically and strategically sophisticated cyber-warfare activities by the 2020s.
The Foreword has been contributed by Professor Kim C. Beazley, former Minister for Defence (1984–90), who describes it as ‘a timely book which transcends old debates on priorities for the defence of Australia or forward commitments, [and] debates about globalism and regionalism’, and as ‘an invaluable compendium’ to the current process of refining the strategic guidance for Australia’s future defence policies and capabilities. ...
Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Contributors
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Foreword by Professor Kim C. Beazley
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Australia and Cyber-warfare
- Chapter 2. The Australian Defence Force and Network Centric Warfare
- Chapter 3. Information Warfare—Attack and Defence
- Chapter 4. Targeting Information Infrastructures
- Introduction
- The information society
- Information Infrastructures: the NII, GII and DII
- Information Infrastructures: Some key characteristics
- The Importance of Information Assurance
- Targeting Information Infrastructures: who and why?
- Targeting: objectives
- Targeting: capabilities required
- Targeting: vulnerability and accessibility
- Intelligence
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Protecting Information Infrastructures
- Chapter 6. An Australian Cyber-warfare Centre
- Introduction
- The relevant organisations and their coordination
- Research, planning and preparation
- Offensive activities
- Information Warfare and the intelligence process
- Command issues
- A premium on ante-bellum activities
- Rules of engagement, doctrine and operational concepts
- Capability planning
- Location of a Cyber-warfare Centre
- Regional developments
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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