// Comparison

Cybertactique vs La cyberstratégie russe: Which Should You Read?

Two cybersecurity books on Strategy, compared honestly: who each is for, what each does best, and which to read first.

Intermediate
3/52014
Cybertactique

Conduire la guerre numérique

Bertrand Boyer

The tactical companion to Cyberstratégie — how cyber operations are actually conducted, from planning to execution — by a French officer and strategist.

Intermediate
3/52013
La cyberstratégie russe

Yannick Harrel

A focused study of Russia's approach to cyberspace — doctrine, actors and information warfare — one of the few French-language books dedicated to a single state's cyberstrategy.

Read this if

Readers who liked Cyberstratégie and want the operational level: how doctrine translates into conducting digital operations. Military and strategy-minded.
Analysts and strategy readers who want to understand Russian cyber doctrine and information operations specifically, with a French/European framing.

Skip this if

Technically-minded readers wanting tooling; this is operational art and doctrine, not a hands-on guide. From 2014, so the tech context has moved on.
Readers wanting technical detail or current events; it's a 2013 strategic study, so it predates much of the last decade of Russian cyber activity.

Key takeaways

  • 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.
  • A rare French-language deep dive into a single nation's cyberstrategy — Russia's.
  • Useful for the doctrinal and information-warfare framing that later events (2016, Ukraine) made famous.
  • From 2013: foundational context, but pair with newer reporting (e.g. Sandworm) for events since.

How they compare

Cybertactique and La cyberstratégie russe are both rated 3/5 in our catalog. Pick by topic preference and reading style rather than by rating.

Both books target intermediate-level readers, so the choice is about topic, not difficulty.

Cybertactique and La cyberstratégie russe both cover Strategy, Nation-State, Geopolitics, so reading them in sequence reinforces the same material from different angles.

Keep reading

Related topics