Cyberattaque et cyberdéfense
An academic, systematic treatment of cyberconflict — doctrines, actors, attack and defence scenarios — from a CNRS researcher who is one of France's most prolific scholars of cyberwar.
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- Authors
- Daniel Ventre
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hermès-Lavoisier
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- French
Read this if
Researchers, analysts and strategy students who want a rigorous, referenced treatment of cyberconflict as a field of study rather than a popular account.
Skip this if
Readers wanting a quick read or practical security skills; it's dense, academic, and over a decade old, so many examples predate the modern era.
Key takeaways
- One of the foundational French academic texts on cyberconflict, heavily referenced and systematic.
- Strong on taxonomy and doctrine — how states conceptualise attack and defence — rather than current events.
- From 2011: read it for the framework, not the latest incidents; Ventre's later books update the material.
Notes
Dense and scholarly, the kind of book you cite rather than read cover to cover. Ventre has since written extensively on AI and cyberdefence; start here for the conceptual foundations of the French academic view.
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