{"id":23139,"date":"2016-03-05T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T06:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/should-we-worry-that-were-headed-for-cyber-world-war-i"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:07:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:07:41","slug":"should-we-worry-that-were-headed-for-cyber-world-war-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/should-we-worry-that-were-headed-for-cyber-world-war-i","title":{"rendered":"Should We Worry That We\u2019re Headed for Cyber World War I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/should-we-worry-that-were-headed-for-cyber-world-war-i.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reserve you calendars for March 9th because New America\u2019s Cybersecurity Initiative is hosting its annual Cybersecurity for a New America Conference in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>On Wednesday, March 9, New America\u2019s Cybersecurity Initiative will host its annual Cybersecurity for a New America Conference in Washington, D.C. This year\u2019s conference will focus on securing the future cyberspace. For more information and to RSVP,<em> visit the New America website<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what does cyberwar mean anyway?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At core, when we talk about<em> cyberwar<\/em>, we\u2019re just talking about warfare conducted through computers and other electronic devices, typically over the Internet. As the very \u201990s prefix<em> cyber\u2013<\/em> (when was the last time you heard someone talk about<em> cyberspace<\/em> with a straight face?) suggests, it\u2019s been part of our cultural and political conversations<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/21\/movies\/wargames-and-cybersecuritys-debt-to-a-hollywood-hack.html\"> since the early \u201980s<\/a>. In recent years, however, such conversations have picked up as those in power become more conscious of our reliance on computers\u2014and our consequent vulnerability. Perhaps more importantly, information like that disclosed by Edward Snowden has demonstrated that governments have already made preparations for virtual conflict, whether or not they\u2019re actively engaging in it now. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2016\/03\/a_cheat_sheet_guide_to_cyberwar_s_key_players_debates_and_pop_culture.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a cheat sheet.<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2016\/03\/are_we_headed_for_cyber_world_war_i.html\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2016\/0...war_i.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reserve you calendars for March 9th because New America\u2019s Cybersecurity Initiative is hosting its annual Cybersecurity for a New America Conference in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, March 9, New America\u2019s Cybersecurity Initiative will host its annual Cybersecurity for a New America Conference in Washington, D.C. This year\u2019s conference will focus on securing the future cyberspace. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,418,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-internet","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68134,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139\/revisions\/68134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}