Conclusion

This chapter's aim was to open the reader's mind to the intricacies of what warfare in the physical space looks like and to help frame the points around how the realities of new warfare tactics demand a change in strategy. There are many other potential warfare references throughout history that could be analyzed to provide similar insights into the failures or benefits of different strategies. Regardless of the specific engagement, the truth of the matter is that warfare by its very nature is ever-changing and is wrought with potential failure points. The Iraqi conflict is just one of the most recent examples and is well suited to showing how older winning strategies can fail when they are met with new variances in a combat environment.

The most important objective of this entire chapter is to help the reader understand that there is a need to change the approach at a grand level to strategically change the way we engage and interact with the enemy in cyberspace...