The Global Cyber War by Kai London
Most organisations are not targets of strategic interest. They are still affected — through shared software, shared providers, shared networks and shared markets. The Global Cyber War examines how contest in the cyber domain reaches organisations indirectly, and what a proportionate governance response looks like.
What the book covers
Spillover mechanics
How activity aimed elsewhere reaches unrelated organisations via shared platforms, managed providers and common software.
The blurred middle
Criminal ecosystems, hacktivism and state-associated activity, and why the boundaries are analytically difficult.
Critical infrastructure exposure
Why OT and essential services carry a distinct risk profile, and what that implies for segmentation and safety.
Insurance, evidence and disclosure
How ambiguity about origin interacts with cover, regulatory notification and litigation risk.
Proportionate defence
Prioritising controls that hold regardless of who is behind an incident.
Board oversight
Framing the exposure in business terms — service, safety, obligation and evidence — rather than threat-actor narrative.
The book does not attribute incidents to named states or groups, predict conflict, or present speculation as intelligence; it sets out how to reason under acknowledged uncertainty.
Who it is for
CISOs and security leaders, boards and audit committees, operators of essential and important entities, and risk, legal and insurance functions that must reason about cyber exposure with incomplete information.
About the author
Professor Kai London — CISSP, CISM.
An internationally recognised cybersecurity executive, board advisor and Founder & CEO of Quantum AI Systems Security LLC, writing at the convergence of AI, governance and operational resilience. Honorary Professor and Researcher at UCL.