La cyberdéfense
2nd Edition
French academic textbook on cyber defense — political, military, legal. The authors (researchers and former military-school faculty) cover the French organizational layer and the international ecosystem.
- Published
- 2024
- Publisher
- Armand Colin
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Language
- French
Read this if
International-relations, security, and defense students; CISOs in regulated industries; anyone wanting the French strategic frame for cyber defense (COMCYBER, ANSSI, doctrine).
Skip this if
Readers looking for technical depth. The book is political science and strategy; technical chapters are intentionally high-level.
Key takeaways
- The reference French-language textbook on cyber-defense doctrine — Francophone equivalent of The Perfect Weapon (Sanger), at higher abstraction.
- Authors come from military-academic backgrounds; French institutional sourcing is more precise than English sources on the same material.
- The 2nd edition updates post-Ukraine doctrine and COMCYBER evolution — the first edition aged quickly.
Notes
Pair with Sandworm (Greenberg) for narrative coverage of the same campaigns, and Arpagian's La cybersécurité for a shorter introduction.
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