Cyber Wargaming: Research and Education for Security in a Dangerous Digital World - Paperback

by Frank L. III Smith (Editor), Nina A. Kollars (Editor), Benjamin H. Schechter (Editor)

A first-of-its-kind theoretical overview and practical guide to wargame design

Government, industry, and academia need better tools to explore threats, opportunities, and human interactions in cyberspace. The interactive exercises called cyber wargames are a powerful way to solve complex problems in a digital environment that involves both cooperation and conflict. Cyber Wargaming is the first book to provide both the theories and practical examples needed to successfully build, play, and learn from these interactive exercises.

The contributors to this book explain what cyber wargames are, how they work, and why they offer insights that other methods cannot match. The lessons learned are not merely artifacts of these games-they also shed light on how people interpret and interact with cyberspace in real life. This book covers topics such as cyber action during conventional war, information effects in conflict scenarios, individual versus group decision-making, the intersection of cyber conflicts and nuclear crises, business resilience, emerging technologies, and more.

Cyber Wargaming will be a vital resource for readers interested in security studies and wargame design in higher education, the military, and the private sector.

Author Biography

Frank L. Smith III is a professor in and director of the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the US Naval War College.

Nina Kollars is a special assistant to the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a nonresident research fellow with the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute at the US Naval War College.

Benjamin Schechter is a senior wargaming lead at Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.