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Cyber vs Cybertactique: Which Should You Read?
Two cybersecurity books on Strategy, compared honestly: who each is for, what each does best, and which to read first.
A strategic analysis of cyber conflict as permanent, sub-threshold warfare — and what France and Europe should do about it — by a former senior French strategist and a consultant.
The tactical companion to Cyberstratégie — how cyber operations are actually conducted, from planning to execution — by a French officer and strategist.
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Key takeaways
- One of the most substantive French strategy books on cyber as permanent conflict.
- Gergorin is a former head of policy planning at the Quai d'Orsay — the statecraft is first-hand.
- Policy- and doctrine-focused, with concrete recommendations for France and Europe.
- The tactical/operational counterpart to Boyer's Cyberstratégie — the two read as a pair.
- A French/European military-strategic perspective on conducting cyber operations.
- From 2014: doctrine endures, but pair with newer material for the current operational environment.
How they compare
We rate Cyber higher (4/5 against 3/5 for Cybertactique). For most readers, that means Cyber is the primary pick and Cybertactique is a useful follow-up.
Both books target intermediate-level readers, so the choice is about topic, not difficulty.
Cyber and Cybertactique both cover Strategy, Geopolitics, Nation-State, so reading them in sequence reinforces the same material from different angles.