"Cashing In on Cyberpower is an important addition to the cybersecurity discourse. Mark Peters' research in the field of the empirical dynamics of cyber actions in the Global Cyberspace Commons is original and impressive. Mark Peters convincingly shows that states and non-state actors are increasingly using cyber as a means to generate economic outcomes and activities as they run out of other options. Most importantly, he shows that using cyber means to achieve economic goals is the continuation of war by other means. Scholars and practitioners and students will equally benefit from Cashing In on Cyberpower."—Washington Book Review
"Leveraging his previous career Air Force intelligence and cyberspace experience, author Mark T. Peters II applies theory, analyzes data sources, and looks at case studies to discover how and why actors use cyberspace capabilities to influence state and nonstate economic systems. In one generation the global impact of the cyber era has drastically changed how we view and use traditional instruments of national power. Symmetrical military power is increasingly relegated to a lesser role for managing competition and conflict with the rise of the digital means for influencing state and nonstate actors in the international arena. As a result of this study, Cashing in on Cyberpower reveals important implications for cyber theorists, researchers, and security professionals."—LTC Kurt P. VanderSteen, Strategic Studies Quarterly
“Peters goes beyond the usual cyber paradigms of domain, technology, and products/services. He makes a compelling case for cyber as a means to generate economic outcomes—by nation-state and nonstate actors alike.”—Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
“Cashing In on Cyberpower is an important contribution to the debate in the cybersecurity field. Mark Peters offers an impressive investigation of the empirical dynamics of cyberactions in the Global Commons. Likely the most impressive contribution is the focus on the economic means of cyberconflict, demonstrating the utility of economic warfare in digital interactions. Scholars, practitioners, and the public should take note.”—Brandon Valeriano, reader in International Relations and Digital Politics at Cardiff University and Donald Bren Chair of Armed Politics at Marine Corps University
