Cyber Weapons of Mass Psychological Destruction: And the People Who Use Them

This book shows unequivocally that cyber weapons create deep psychological harm to society. So long lasting and intense can these effects be that they can create paranoia and cognitive confusion. Cyber weapons include simple ransomware to sophisticated bots, which can be used to bring down a nation's infrastructure, power lines, banking, and even nuclear facilities. The use of cyber weapons to sow seeds of discord in society, change human behavior, and exploit individual beliefs by creating disinformation campaigns has become the new landscape of ware and weapons of choice used by terrorist organizations. This book explores how this is happening in our society today, and why these tools are virulent and effective in their use. The book deals with cyber weapons in the context of psychological impacts, effects, and explores the world of technology using a reference frame of WMPD - weapons of mass psychological destruction - to show the power of cyber weapons to create "hyper reality" in society and build forces of societal disruption which far exceed the harm caused by traditional weapons.

Author: Vikram Sethi
Publisher: Greylander Press, LLC
Published: 04/30/2020
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9781734818802

About the Author
Sethi, Vikram: - Dr. Vikram Sethi is a professor of information systems at the Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State University. He earned an MBA from Wright State University and a PhD from Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sethi was the founder-director of the Institute of Defense Studies and Education at Right State University, Ohio.Oroszi, Terry: - Dr. Terry Oroszi is a faculty member and director at Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM), part of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Her subject matter expertise is Homeland Security. As part of her role at BSOM, she serves as Director of the graduate and the Chemical Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Programs. She started her career in the Army, transitioned to the laboratory doing molecular genetics work, and merged her military and science experiences to develop the homeland security focus for the medical school and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Dr. Oroszi has several collaborations with military, industry, academia, and the government in the areas of CBRN, terrorism and crisis decision-making. She is the founder and chair of The Dayton Think Tank, a gathering of the top 50 crisis leaders in the region. As a civilian, Oroszi has received training from the FBI through two programs in 2018 and 2019, and as president of the Dayton InfraGard (FBI/Public Sector Partnership) and has shared her expertise with NSA, at Quantico, and members of Congress in DC. Her subject matter expertise in terrorism and crisis leadership has been recognized in media, including print, web, and T.V., and as an invited speaker at national conferences for military, government, and industry leaders.