Skip to Main Content
Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition
book

Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition

by Jason Andress, Steve Winterfeld
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
324 pages
12h 10m
English
Syngress
Content preview from Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition
Chapter 7

Physical Weapons

Abstract

When it comes to cyber warfare, the physical and the logical realms are closely linked. Logical systems, such as software and applications, depend on the physical systems and infrastructure on which they run. In fact, changes to the physical components can profoundly affect the logical components, and vice versa, with one sometimes rendering the other useless. This chapter explores the use of physical weapons in cyber warfare—starting with how the physical and logical realms intersect and how changing one can affect the other. Various infrastructure concerns—including those related to the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems that control the industrial, infrastructure, and facility processes ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Inside Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition

Inside Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Carr
Cyber Warfare

Cyber Warfare

Jason Andress, Steve Winterfeld
The Basics of Cyber Warfare

The Basics of Cyber Warfare

Jason Andress, Steve Winterfeld

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780124166721