TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 140 The Cyber Threat

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests. Volume 140, The Cyber Threat considers U.S. policy in relation to cybersecurity and cyberterrorism, and examines opposing views on cybersecurity and international law by nations such as Russia and China.

The documents in this volume include testimony of FBI officials before Congressional committees, as well as detailed reports from the Strategic Studies Institute/U.S. Army War College Press and from the Congressional Research Service. The detailed studies in this volume tackling the core issues of cybersecurity and cyberterrorism include: Legality in Cyberspace; An Adversary View and Distinguishing Acts of War in Cyberspace; and Assessment Criteria, Policy Considerations, and Response Implications.

Douglas Lovelace, Jr., is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a J.D. from Widener School of Law.

Preface

Commentary

DOCUMENTS

A. Cyber Aggression

DOCUMENT NO. 1: Statement Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Robert Anderson, Jr., Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., September 10, 2014

DOCUMENT NO. 2: Statement Before the House Homeland Security Committee, James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., September 17, 2014

DOCUMENT NO. 3: Privacy Impact Assessment for the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, January 16, 2013

B. Selected Legal Views of Cyber Activity

DOCUMENT NO. 4: Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism: In Brief, CRS Report No. R43955, Catherine A. Theohary and John W. Rollins, March 27, 2015

DOCUMENT NO. 5: Cybersecurity: Selected Legal Issues, CRS Report No. R42409, Edward C. Liu et al., April 17, 2013

DOCUMENT NO. 6: Legality in Cyberspace: An Adversary View, Keir Giles and Andrew Monaghan, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Press, March 2014

DOCUMENT NO. 7: Distinguishing Acts of War in Cyberspace: Assessment Criteria, Policy Considerations, and Response Implications, Jeffrey L. Caton, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Press, October 2014

C. Cyber Security Literature

DOCUMENT NO. 8: The Chinese People's Liberation Army and Information Warfare, Larry M. Wortzel, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Press, March 2014

DOCUMENT NO. 9: Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, by Topic, CRS Report No. R42507, Rita Tehan, March 30, 2015