Introduction to Cyber-Warfare - Proiect SEMPER FIDELIS

BiographyPaulo Shakarian, Ph.D. is a Major in the U.S. Army and a computer scientist who activelyconducts research in the areas of cyber security, social networks, and artificial intelligence. Hehas written over 20 papers published in scientific and military journals. Relating to cyber warfare,he has written the paper “Stuxnet: Cyberwar Revolution in Military Affairs” publishedin Small Wars Journal and “The 2008 Russian Cyber-Campaign Against Georgia” published inMilitary Review. His scientific research has also been well received, featured in major newsmedia such including The Economist, WIRED, and Nature. Paulo holds a Ph.D. and an M.S.in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, a B.S. in computer sciencefrom West Point, and a Depth of Study in Information Assurance also from West Point. Paulohas served two combat tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom and has held a variety of militaryduty positions. Currently, he is an assistant professor at West Point where he teaches classeson computer science and information technology. His military awards include the BronzeStar, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device, andCombat Action Badge. Paulo’s Web site is http://shakarian.net/paulo.Jana Shakarian is an independent researcher studying cyber warfare, terrorism, and violencefrom a social science perspective. Previously, she has worked as a research assistant atLaboratory for Computational Cultural Dynamics at the University of Maryland where sheextensively studied terrorist groups in southeast Asia in addition to other research initiativesat the intersection of social and computational science applied to military and security problems.She has also worked as a consultant for the West Point Network Science Center. Jana haswritten numerous papers in addition to coauthoring the book Computational Analysis ofTerrorist Groups: Lashkar-e-Tabia. Jana holds an M.A. in cultural and social anthropology aswell as sociology from the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, where her thesis wason “new war” theory. Jana’s Web site is http://shakarian.net/jana.Andrew Ruef is a senior systems engineer at the firm Trail of Bits (New York, NY) wherehe conducts information security analysis. Andrew has nearly a decade of industry experiencein computer network security and software engineering, working on various projectsincluding reverse engineering of malware, analysis of computer network traffic for securitypurposes, system administration, and development of secure software products. Andrew hasalso written numerous white papers on information security and has spoken at various conferencesincluding a recent conference talk at the Dagstuhl computer research center inGermany. A sampling of some of Andrew’s technical work can be found here: http://www.kyrus-tech.com/tag/andrew-ruef/.The opinions in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinionsof the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, or the U.S. Military Academy.xvii