Robert K. Knake
Author of Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
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Works by Robert K. Knake
Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It (2012) — Author — 459 copies, 12 reviews
The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats (2019) 106 copies, 3 reviews
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- Rob Knake is the Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His work focuses on Internet Governance, public-private partnerships, and cyber conflict.
Knake served from 2011 to 2015 as Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the National Security Council. In this role, he was responsible for the development of presidential policy on cybersecurity, and built and managed federal processes for cyber incident response and vulnerability management. Federal Computer Week dubbed him the “White House’s Cyber Wizard” for his work on Executive Order 13636 on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, which directed the creation of the National Institute of Standards & Technology Cybersecurity Framework. He worked to establish presidential policy that created the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center and Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations.
Before joining government, Knake was an International Affairs Fellow-in-Residence at the Council on Foreign Relations where he completed the manuscript for Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It and authored the Council Special Report “Internet Governance in an Age of Cyberinsecurity”. He has testified before Congress on the problem of attribution in cyberspace and written and lectured extensively on cybersecurity policy.
Knake is an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. He holds a master’s in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and undergraduate degrees in history and government from Connecticut College and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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I was really looking forward to reading this book, and really conflicted in my opinions while reading it.
Mr. Clarke clearly knows enough to be dangerous, but I couldn't shake a feeling throughout the book that something about this book was just *wrong*. One one hand it has some insightful commentary on the sticky situations involved with cyberwarfare, and on the other completely lacks a bibliography or references to back up his claims regarding the current state of affairs.
The author's show more experience in government has definitely shaped a good portion of this book, but at times it seemed like he had a heavy axe to grind and was trying to right past slights to his policies.
There is definitely room in the genre for an accessible book detailing the new reality of cyberwarfare, but it's hard to say this is the one when every single one of the authors claims come devoid of any sort of reference material. By gutting his factual arguments of any accessible means of verification, it undermined his overall argument for the proposed solution. show less
Mr. Clarke clearly knows enough to be dangerous, but I couldn't shake a feeling throughout the book that something about this book was just *wrong*. One one hand it has some insightful commentary on the sticky situations involved with cyberwarfare, and on the other completely lacks a bibliography or references to back up his claims regarding the current state of affairs.
The author's show more experience in government has definitely shaped a good portion of this book, but at times it seemed like he had a heavy axe to grind and was trying to right past slights to his policies.
There is definitely room in the genre for an accessible book detailing the new reality of cyberwarfare, but it's hard to say this is the one when every single one of the authors claims come devoid of any sort of reference material. By gutting his factual arguments of any accessible means of verification, it undermined his overall argument for the proposed solution. show less
Disclaimer: I received my copy of this book from GoodReads.
This book is an interesting look at the possibilities and probabilities of internet hacking techniques in warfare. What seemed like science fiction a few years ago is now possible and can be exploited by not only the usual suspects (USA, Russia, China), but many smaller countries as well. What's particularly eye-opening is that the USA is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world due to our heavy reliance on net connectivity show more in every aspect of our lives. Written by a former staff member of the Clinton and Bush administrations, this book is extremely well written and informative. It is not for the easily frightened, though. Highly recommended. show less
This book is an interesting look at the possibilities and probabilities of internet hacking techniques in warfare. What seemed like science fiction a few years ago is now possible and can be exploited by not only the usual suspects (USA, Russia, China), but many smaller countries as well. What's particularly eye-opening is that the USA is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world due to our heavy reliance on net connectivity show more in every aspect of our lives. Written by a former staff member of the Clinton and Bush administrations, this book is extremely well written and informative. It is not for the easily frightened, though. Highly recommended. show less
Well, I used to worry that climate change was going to be the end of human civilization. Now I know we aren't going to make it that far for this to be a legitimate worry. All of our systems are going to come crashing down around our ears from compromised computer networks. A freightening book that proves China is going to inherit the Earth, if only because they can disconnect from the Internet and still carry on when everything goes South. The denial of service attacks on MasterCard and VISA show more this week are only the tip of the iceberg, according to this book. show less
A good start ...
Richard Clarke's Cyber War does a good job of placing cyber warfare in the context of cyber attacks and espionage generally. He also has specific, realistic and comprehensive policy recommendations. But the book seems thin and watered down. Perhaps this has more to say about what this consummate insider is not at liberty to discuss than it does about cyber war.
Richard Clarke's Cyber War does a good job of placing cyber warfare in the context of cyber attacks and espionage generally. He also has specific, realistic and comprehensive policy recommendations. But the book seems thin and watered down. Perhaps this has more to say about what this consummate insider is not at liberty to discuss than it does about cyber war.
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